colorado

m.

Colorado, CO, Col., Colo..

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: colorar.

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colorado

► adjetivo

1 coloured (US colored)

2 (rojo) red

► nombre masculino colorado

1 red

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FRASEOLOGÍA

ponerse colorado,-a to blush, go red

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colorado

► nombre masculino

1 red

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1. ADJ

1) (=rojo) red

- colorado como un tomate

- poner colorado a algn

- ponerse colorado

2) LAm [chiste] blue

2. SM

1) (=color) red

2) Caribe (=escarlatina) scarlet fever

3)

los Colorados — Uruguayan political party

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I

-da adjetivo

a) red

ponerse colorado — to blush, turn red, go red (BrE); tomate 1)

b) (Méx fam) <chiste> risqué

II

masculino red

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= red.

Ex. The red ON/OFF switch for the terminal is located at the left side of the screen.

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* pimiento colorado = red pepper.

* ponerse colorado = get + red in the face, go + bright red.

* ponerse colorado como un tomate = go + bright red.

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I

-da adjetivo

a) red

ponerse colorado — to blush, turn red, go red (BrE); tomate 1)

b) (Méx fam) <chiste> risqué

II

masculino red

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= red.

Ex: The red ON/OFF switch for the terminal is located at the left side of the screen.

* pimiento colorado = red pepper.

* ponerse colorado = get + red in the face, go + bright red.

* ponerse colorado como un tomate = go + bright red.

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colorado¹ -da

adjective

1 [Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] red

ponerse colorado to blush, turn red, go red (BrE)

se puso colorado como un tomate he turned (as) red as a beet (AmE colloq), he went as red as a beetroot (BrE colloq)

2 (Méx fam) ‹chiste› risqué

colorado²

masculine

[Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]

red

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colorado 1

◊ -da adjetivo

a) red;

◊ ponerse colorado to blush, turn red, go red (BrE)

b) (Méx fam) ‹chiste› risqué

colorado 2 sustantivo masculino
red
colorado,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino red
♦ Locuciones: ponerse colorado (como un tomate), (de vergüenza) to blush, go bright red
(de calor, de correr) to go/get as red as a beet(root)
'colorado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
colorada
- colorín
- vergüenza
- cañón
- chiste
- frijol
- tomate
English:
awe-inspiring
- colour
- flush
- red
- redden
- all
- blue
- blush
- CO
- Colo
- color
- dirty
- flushed
- grand
- pepper

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colorado, -a

♦ adj

1. [color] red;

ponerse colorado to blush, to go red;

tenía la cara colorada his face was flushed;

me vas a poner colorado con tantos elogios I'm going to blush o go red with so much praise

2. Andes, RP [pelirrojo] red-haired

♦ nm

[color] red

♦ nm,f

1. Andes, RP [pelirrojo] red-haired person, redhead

2. Par, Urug Pol = member of the Colorado party

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colorado

adj red;

ponerse colorado blush

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colorado, -da adj

1) rojo: red

2)

ponerse colorado : to blush

3)

chiste colorado Mex : off-color joke

colorado nm

rojo: red

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colorado adj red [comp. redder; superl. reddest]

ponerse colorado to blush / to go red