Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

Vestimenta típica

English translation:

traditional / regional dress

Added to glossary by Refugio
Jan 6, 2003 18:51
21 yrs ago
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Spanish term

Vestimenta típica

Non-PRO Spanish to English Other
The kind of clothes people from a specific region used to wear and put on for holidays and festivals. (like kimonos in Japan or Dutch wooden shoes in Holand for milkmaids)

Proposed translations

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traditional / regional dress

depending on whether the emphasis is on time period or region
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agree Aisha Maniar
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Thanks Maniara
agree Rosa Garcia : mrsrag1981 I would go with regional dress
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agree LoreAC (X)
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Traje Regional

Asi se llaman ene España
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neutral Refugio : English?
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Typical clothes

That´s how I´ve seen it. I´ll be coming back with some references if you like.

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Note added at 2003-01-06 18:54:28 (GMT)
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http://perso.wanadoo.fr/patzcuaro/mx/01/us/01hitt01.htm

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Here you´ll find beautiful dolls from different countries dressed in typical clothes:

http://www.ozblueberry.com/BrazilTypicalClothes.html

Good luck
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Custom dress

That's what I usually use for this expression
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traditional garb

otra opción...

algunos hits de google:

... fishermen's wives in traditional garb. itinerant corrida, fishermen's wives in
traditional garb, beach. beach, fish drying in the sun, beach. Back to TOP. a parrot, ...
urban.csuohio.edu/~sanda/pic/travel/portugal/nazare/ -

... side. A fair number of women, dressed in traditional garb walked to
one side, holding before them silk garments, like sashes. The ...
www.oz.net/~guerrero/july11.html

K, I, M, O, N, O. Kimono are the traditional garb of Japan, and they date
back well over 1000 years. The garment has undergone many transformations ...
www.theblackmoon.com/Kimono/kimono1.html
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traditional costume/ out fit

In a given event dresses or any other garments are referred to as costumes.

OUTFIT encompasses all worn items-and very frequently used the in US .

Traditional is a must in this case. TYPICAL DRESS, not very appropriate as typical usually precedes another identifier: i.e typical to the region, typical of this person, etc. As an adjective, typical is a false Spanish/English cognate
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