- ribete
- m.1 edging, trimming (cinta).2 ribbed edge, piping, welt.3 pin tuck.* * *ribete► nombre masculino1 (cinta) border, trimming, edging► nombre masculino plural ribetes1 (indicios) touch sing\FRASEOLOGÍAtener ribetes de ... to be something of a ...■ tiene ribetes de cómico he's something of a comic* * *SM1) (Cos) border2) (=adorno) addition, adornment3) pl ribetes (=toques)
tiene sus ribetes de pintor — he's got a bit of the painter about him
* * *masculino1) (adorno) trimming, edgingun estilo sin ribetes — a style with no embellishments
2) ribetes masculino plural (visos, asomos)una historia con ribetes policíacos — a story with touches of crime fiction
tiene ribetes de escándalo — it has a hint of scandal
* * *masculino1) (adorno) trimming, edgingun estilo sin ribetes — a style with no embellishments
2) ribetes masculino plural (visos, asomos)una historia con ribetes policíacos — a story with touches of crime fiction
tiene ribetes de escándalo — it has a hint of scandal
* * *ribetemasculineA (adorno) trimming, edgingun estilo directo y sin ribetes a straightforward style with no frills o embellishmentsB ribetes mpl(visos, asomos): una historia con ribetes policíacos a story with elements of the detective novelun asunto con ribetes de escándalo an affair with a hint of scandal o which threatened to become a scandaldescendía de una familia hacendada con ribetes aristocráticos she descended from a landowning family with aristocratic connections* * *
ribete sustantivo masculino (adorno) trimming, edging
ribete
I sustantivo masculino
1 (en indumentaria) trim, welt (on a seam)
2 (adorno, remate) edging, binding, border, trimming
un marco con un ribete dorado, a gilt-edged frame
II mpl ribetes, (rasgos, despuntes) touches, signs, elements: es un programa político con ribetes progresistas, it's a political platform with progressive elements
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English:
border
- trim
- trimming
- binding
* * *ribete nm1. [cinta] edging, trimming2.ribetes [rasgos] touches, nuances;una política de izquierdas con ribetes revolucionarios a leftist policy with revolutionary elements;tener ribetes de poeta to be something of a poet* * *ribetem trimming, edging;ribetes pl fig elements* * *ribete nm1) : border, trim2) : frill, adornment3) ribetes nmpl: hint, touchtiene sus ribetes de genio: there's a touch of genius in him
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.