ribete

m.

1 edging, trimming (cinta).

2 ribbed edge, piping, welt.

3 pin tuck.

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ribete

► nombre masculino

1 (cinta) border, trimming, edging

► nombre masculino plural ribetes

1 (indicios) touch sing

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FRASEOLOGÍA

tener ribetes de ... to be something of a ...

■ tiene ribetes de cómico he's something of a comic

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SM

1) (Cos) border

2) (=adorno) addition, adornment

3) pl ribetes (=toques)

tiene sus ribetes de pintor — he's got a bit of the painter about him

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masculino

1) (adorno) trimming, edging

un 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

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masculino

1) (adorno) trimming, edging

un 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

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ribete

masculine

A (adorno) trimming, edging

un estilo directo y sin ribetes a straightforward style with no frills o embellishments

B ribetes mpl

(visos, asomos): una historia con ribetes policíacos a story with elements of the detective novel

un asunto con ribetes de escándalo an affair with a hint of scandal o which threatened to become a scandal

descendía de una familia hacendada con ribetes aristocráticos she descended from a landowning family with aristocratic connections

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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
'ribete' also found in these entries:
English:
border
- trim
- trimming
- binding

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ribete nm

1. [cinta] edging, trimming

2.

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

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ribete

m trimming, edging;

ribetes pl fig elements

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ribete nm

1) : border, trim

2) : frill, adornment

3) ribetes nmpl

: hint, touch

tiene sus ribetes de genio: there's a touch of genius in him