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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish colorado.
Pronunciation
Noun
colorado (plural colorados)
- A cigar of medium color and strength.
- A fish of the species Lutjanus colorado, the Colorado snapper.
Coordinate terms
(cigar): claro, colorado claro, colorado maduro, double claro, double maduro, maduro, oscuro
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese colorado, from colorar (“to color”). Cognate with Portuguese and Spanish colorado.
Pronunciation
Adjective
colorado (feminine colorada, masculine plural colorados, feminine plural coloradas)
- red, reddish
- Synonyms: roxo, rubio, vermello
- Que calor! Teño a cara colorada? ― It is so hot! Is my face red?
- having color
c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 667:Et, desque o ouuerõ sacado, estaua o corpo tã yrto que se nõ dobraua a nenhũu cabo, et sua carne muy lĩpa et muy colorado, que semellaua viuo- And, as soon as they took him out, the body was so stiff that it did not bend to any extent, and his flesh was very clean and colorful, to the point that he seemed alive
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “colorado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “colorad”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “colorado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “colorado”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “colorado”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese colorado.
Adjective
colorado (feminine colorada, masculine plural colorados, feminine plural coloradas)
- (Brazil) colored, red
- Synonym: colorido
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
colorado (feminine colorada, masculine plural colorados, feminine plural coloradas)
- (Brazil, soccer) pertaining to, or related to Sport Club Internacional
Noun
colorado m (plural colorados, feminine colorada, feminine plural coloradas)
- (Brazil, soccer) a player or supporter of Sport Club Internacional sports team
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin colōrātus. By surface analysis, color + -ado.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koloˈɾado/
- Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: co‧lo‧ra‧do
Adjective
colorado (feminine colorada, masculine plural colorados, feminine plural coloradas)
- colored
- red
- Synonym: rojo
- (obsolete) risqué, indecent
- Synonym: verde
Derived terms
Participle
colorado (feminine colorada, masculine plural colorados, feminine plural coloradas)
- past participle of colorar
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