colorado

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish colorado.

Pronunciation

Noun

colorado (plural colorados)

1. A cigar of medium color and strength.
2. 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

• IPA^(key): /koloˈɾaðo̝/

Adjective

colorado (feminine colorada, masculine plural colorados, feminine plural coloradas)

1. red, reddish

   Synonyms: roxo, rubio, vermello

   Que calor! Teño a cara colorada? ― It is so hot! Is my face red?

2. having color

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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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)

1. (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)

1. (Brazil, soccer) pertaining to, or related to Sport Club Internacional

Noun

colorado m (plural colorados, feminine colorada, feminine plural coloradas)

1. (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/ [ko.loˈɾa.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: co‧lo‧ra‧do

Adjective

colorado (feminine colorada, masculine plural colorados, feminine plural coloradas)

1. colored
2. red

   Synonym: rojo

3. (obsolete) risqué, indecent

   Synonym: verde

Derived terms

Related terms

Participle

colorado (feminine colorada, masculine plural colorados, feminine plural coloradas)

1. past participle of colorar

Further reading

• “colorado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10