ropa
clothing ; apparel ; raiment ; clothes ; weeds ; wear ; clobber ; togs ; duds.
Permission has been granted to introduce a system of surveillance licensing for the purpose of monitoring imports of low-priced goods, such as clothing and footwear originating in non-EC countries.
This firm is engaged in the design, manufacturing, and sales distribution of branded women's apparel.
He was swept across the intersection by a miscellaneous crowd of anxious, energetic persons in search of business or raiment or nourishment or whatever.
But the idea of buying books as you buy clothes or groceries is an alien one.
The respectable young woman (her weeds again in immaculate condition hardly suggestive of many days spent travelling afoot) looked with innocent curiosity.
Unlike most of the fashion world, the styles of formal attire take their names from men's wear rather than female attire.
I hope you are feeling flamboyant guys because Elton John is selling off his clobber for charity again.
Their togs literally froze on their bodies, and when they came out for the second half they were all but encased in ice.
In the past, she's relied overly much on her ready laugh, lean looks, and willingness to doff her duds.
ajustarse la ropa
adjust + Posesivo + clothes
If she's constantly fiddling with her hair while she's talking to you, or even adjusting her clothes, she's trying to make sure she looks her best in front of you!.
armario de la ropa blanca [Usado en inglés americano] [Usado en el inglés británico]
linen closet
linen cupboard
Most linen closets are typically located in or near bathrooms and/or bedrooms.
The bursting linen cupboard is characteristic of the late 19th century, since people used their linen to decorate interiors.
arreglarse la ropa
adjust + Posesivo + clothes
If she's constantly fiddling with her hair while she's talking to you, or even adjusting her clothes, she's trying to make sure she looks her best in front of you!.
cambiarse de ropa
change + Posesivo + clothes
get changed
change
Why do girls like to change their minds as often as they change their clothes?.
The two played around on the beach before getting changed into bathing costumes and going into the water.
He went back into the house, addressing his Maker in low agonized tones, changed, and started out again.
canasta de la ropa
clothes hamper
After rumping through her clothes hamper, she found her favorite tank top - solid black with lace around the hem.
cesta de la ropa
clothes hamper
After rumping through her clothes hamper, she found her favorite tank top - solid black with lace around the hem.
cesta de la ropa sucia
linen basket
wash basket
Given the small size of most bathrooms items like the linen basket or a bin can dramatically reduce the size of your space.
The cottage has full laundry facilities including a washing machine, dryer, pegs, clothes horse, wash basket and a washing line outside.
cesta de ropa
laundry tub
My own library system has more laundry tubs to transport books among branches than most commercial laundries.
cesto de la ropa sucia
laundry basket
linen basket
wash basket
It is better to put books in laundry baskets on window ledges and on pavements than to take them away from the public completely or to make them available only for restricted periods.
Given the small size of most bathrooms items like the linen basket or a bin can dramatically reduce the size of your space.
The cottage has full laundry facilities including a washing machine, dryer, pegs, clothes horse, wash basket and a washing line outside.
compañía de confección de ropa
clothing company
She worked at a local clothing company for a while and found the other staff and managers to all be very cliquey, bitchy and rather shallow.
compañía de ropa
clothing company
She worked at a local clothing company for a while and found the other staff and managers to all be very cliquey, bitchy and rather shallow.
con mucha ropa puesta
heavily robed
They are often heavily robed and protected by powerful enchantments, for beneath their robes are unspeakable horrors.
cuerda de colgar la ropa
clothesline [clothes line]
Villagers must share their island with a volcano, an active, smoking one that soils clothes hanging on the clothesline and in winter blackens the snow.
cuerda de tender la ropa
washing line
clothesline [clothes line]
The cottage has full laundry facilities including a washing machine, dryer, pegs, clothes horse, wash basket and a washing line outside.
Villagers must share their island with a volcano, an active, smoking one that soils clothes hanging on the clothesline and in winter blackens the snow.
doblar la ropa
fold + clothes
Amy, played by Sarah Webb, was always busy on stage, folding clothes, peeling tatties, always finding something to do.
exprimidor de ropa
wringer
clothes wringer
Rotary presses are like wringers the printing paper being nipped between two cylinders.
This hand crank clothes wringer may look antique, but it's brand new.
fabricante de ropa
clothing company
She worked at a local clothing company for a while and found the other staff and managers to all be very cliquey, bitchy and rather shallow.
lavado de la ropa
laundering
This package contains a handbook explaining how to make laundering, cleaning, and dishwashing easier.
lavadora con rodillo para escurrir la ropa
wringer washer
When done properly, using a wringer washer also saves water.
lavar la ropa
wash + clothes
do + the washing
Bathing & washing clothes in the river are perceived as pleasurable & traditional social activities.
Like most mums with a large family, I usually do the washing every day.
ligero de ropa
scantily dressed
scantily clad
scantily clothed
An Iranian cleric has blamed the scantily dressed women and even the promiscuous women for all the quakes.
Good rule of thumb when browsing the Internet: If it looks lurid, promises nudity, or displays scantily clad women, don't click on it.
There are many many people who look good scantily clothed.
llevar ropa puesta
wear + clothing
News of boundless timber reserves spread, and before long lumberjacks from the thinning hardwood forests of New England swarmed into the uncharted area with no other possessions than their axes and brawn and the clothing they wore.
nadar y guardar la ropa
have it + both ways
hedge + Posesivo + bets
You can't have it both ways - you've got to think before you post every detail of your life to the Internet.
Meanwhile, students are hedging their bets: The number of double majors is on the rise, particularly at the most elite schools.
pinza de la ropa
clothes peg
clothes pin
Trees can be covered with a wigwam of canes covered in plastic and held together with clothes pegs.
He was shirtless and covered with grass shavings, because the bag on the mower was ripped and held together with clothes pins.
plancha de la ropa
flat-iron
As with all electrical devices, be cautious when using blow-dryers and flat-irons around water and/or children.
polilla de la ropa
clothes moth
This is necessary in order to overcome the damage caused by clothes moths and carpet beetles to hosiery and upholstery.
ponerse la ropa rápidamente
slip into + Posesivo + clothes
After they'd gone to bed and she'd dropped off to sleep, he slipped into his clothes and down the waterspout to the ground.
prenda de ropa interior
undergarment
The tradition associating this rare medieval clerical undergarment with the English martyr is traceable to the late 14th or early 15th c.
quitar(se) la ropa
undress
disrobe
strip down
take + Posesivo + clothes off
take + Posesivo + kit off
First the women undressed, pulled on their bathing dresses and covered their heads in hideous caps like sponge bags; then the children were unbuttoned.
Sometimes undressing is virtually compulsory as at the airport where you may obliged to disrobe in order to board your flight.
She took him back to her place and stripped down then had him follow her into the shower.
Once he reached the summit, he took his clothes off and stood there for 3 minutes naked.
The minute she turned 18, the frisky young woman took her kit off in front of the camera and hasn't looked back since.
rodillo para escurrir la ropa
wringer
clothes wringer
Rotary presses are like wringers the printing paper being nipped between two cylinders.
This hand crank clothes wringer may look antique, but it's brand new.
ropa andrajosa
tattered clothing
His disgusted expression, however, loosened and settled on one of guilt as he saw the man's tattered clothing and coin-filled guitar case.
ropa blanca
whites
This type of bleach is gentle enough to pour directly on your bleachable whites.
ropa de abrigo
warm clothing
warm clothes
Warm clothing is recommended, as cool temperatures can be expected on the river = Se recomienda llevar ropa de abrigo, por la posibilidad de bajas temperaturas en la zona del río.
Food, tents, warm clothes needed in China after quake.
ropa de baño
swimwear
togs
Buyers can search for swimwear by style, brand or collection.
She hates water for some reason, and whenever we go to put her togs on, she screams blue murder, and it is a 15 minute struggle to get her togs on.
ropa de calle
street clothes
Illustrated sources indicate that in the 18th Century women gave the same importance to change in their housedress, as they did to street clothes.
ropa de cama
bed linen
bedding
They are manufacturers and exporters of table linen, bed linen, cushion covers, mattress protectors, counterpanes, and pillow cases.
Both bedrooms have fitted wardrobe space, all beds have non allergenic duvets and pillows, including the bedding for the extra beds.
ropa de casa
loungewear
They offer a fun line of pajamas, sleepwear and loungewear to help women feel good about themselves.
ropa de color
coloureds [coloreds, -USA]
This washing powder is specially formulated to wash coloureds without bleaching them.
ropa de deporte
gym gear
sportswear
sports gear
I have used the following as structures on which to mount displays: gym gear, grouped, and decorated with netting.
The history of women's sports has been the history of the religiously, politically, and aesthetically regimented body, a history of prudery, and a history of sportswear.
Duffel bags work as well for schoolbooks as they do for sports gear.
ropa de diario
everyday clothes
I wish everyday clothes were as comfortable as my PJ's .
ropa de diseño
designer clothes
designer clothes
Little over an hour north of Boston, Kittery boasts upward of 100 discount stores offering everything from designer clothes to bicycles.
Little over an hour north of Boston, Kittery boasts upward of 100 discount stores offering everything from designer clothes to bicycles.
ropa de disfraz
masquerade costume
fancy dress
The book considers the influence of Turkish dress on 18th c. English fashion, particularly masquerade costumes and informal dress.
These include: matching characters with nursery rhymes; quizzes; colouring and cutting out; treasure hunts; fancy dress parades; making words of jumbled letters; and a pets' parade.
ropa de dormir
nightwear
sleepwear
By the 1990s, a particularly important force shaping the U.S. nightwear and underwear industry was economic globalization.
They offer a fun line of pajamas, sleepwear and loungewear to help women feel good about themselves.
ropa de estar en casa
loungewear
They offer a fun line of pajamas, sleepwear and loungewear to help women feel good about themselves.
ropa de luto [Uso antiguo]
weeds
The respectable young woman (her weeds again in immaculate condition hardly suggestive of many days spent travelling afoot) looked with innocent curiosity.
ropa de muñeca
doll outfit
Made from 100% cotton, this doll outfit is designed to fit any of 12" dolls.
ropa de paisano
civilian clothes
As it turned out these people were policemen in civilian clothes.
ropa deportiva
sportswear
The history of women's sports has been the history of the religiously, politically, and aesthetically regimented body, a history of prudery, and a history of sportswear.
ropa de segunda mano
second-hand clothes
They release selected second-hand clothes into fleamarket circulation labelled with their own designer label.
ropa de tela de lana a cuadros
tweeds
Dust off your trilby and dig out your tweeds, British heritage is one of the top trends this season.
ropa de trabajo
work clothes
We sell casual and work clothes such as pants, coats, vests, bibs and overalls and jackets.
ropa de tweed
tweeds
Dust off your trilby and dig out your tweeds, British heritage is one of the top trends this season.
ropa elegante
glad rags
The article 'Surprise: Scruffy Students Now Don Glad Rags for Class' reports that high school students throughout the country are dressing up these days and that what is chic varies from region to region.
ropa formal
formal wear
With over 25 years experience of professional service to thousands of weddings, proms, black tie events and other occassions, we are the formal wear experts.
ropa heredada [Nombre y adjetivo] [Nombre y adjetivo] [Generalmente, prenda de vestir u objeto que se pasa de un familiar a otro al quedarse pequeño, obsoleto, etc]
left-off
cast-off
hand-me-down
But until these new pretty garments are ready, the boy will still have to put up with his girl cousins' left-off petticoats and pinnies.
Indeed, these days, it seems that more cast-offs than ever can be recycled.
What's obsolete in one department could be just the thing for another, and hand-me-down computers are becoming the next stop in sophisticated inventory management.
ropa informal
casual clothes
informal dress
casual wear
Since he had not borrowed anything, he made his way past them - to find himself accosted by a young man in casual clothes entrenched behind a desk.
The book considers the influence of Turkish dress on 18th c. English fashion, particularly masquerade costumes and informal dress.
In these days of casual wear, cufflinks aren't quite the hot item they were many years ago.
ropa interior
underwear
undies
underclothes
Australian colleagues asure me that even his underwear is reported to be pinstriped.
Lingerie is ladies' underwear; lacy frilly knickers, bras, panties, undies, stockings, various fancy items.
Each athlete should have an adequate supply of uniforms, underclothes, socks, athletic supports.
ropa interior térmica
thermal underwear
Those who enjoy camping in late fall or early spring may benefit from wearing thermal underwear to keep them warm at night.
ropa para muñeca
doll outfit
Made from 100% cotton, this doll outfit is designed to fit any of 12" dolls.
ropa reveladora
revealing clothing
Women who wear revealing clothing and behave promiscuously are to blame for earthquakes, according to a senior Iranian cleric.
ropa usada [Nombre y adjetivo] [Nombre y adjetivo] [Generalmente, prenda de vestir u objeto que se pasa de un familiar a otro al quedarse pequeño, obsoleto, etc]
second-hand clothes
left-off
cast-off
hand-me-down
They release selected second-hand clothes into fleamarket circulation labelled with their own designer label.
But until these new pretty garments are ready, the boy will still have to put up with his girl cousins' left-off petticoats and pinnies.
Indeed, these days, it seems that more cast-offs than ever can be recycled.
What's obsolete in one department could be just the thing for another, and hand-me-down computers are becoming the next stop in sophisticated inventory management.
ropa vieja [Plato preparado principalmente con los restos de verduras y carne de otras comidas]
bubble and squeak
Bubble and squeak is a triumph of thriftiness in that it uses leftover vegetables and meat.
secadora de la ropa [También escrito clothes dryer]
clothes drier
The study aims at establishing a common European basis for defining efficiency in domestic washing mahines, clothes driers and dishwashers.
sólo con la ropa interior puesta
in + Posesivo + underclothes
Finally six men agreed to go forth in their underclothes and nooses around their necks in hopeful expectation that their sacrifice would satisfy the king's bloodlust and he would spare the rest of the citizens.
suavizante de la ropa
fabric softener
fabric conditioner
The use of fabric softener may however reduce the water absorption capabilities of the fabric, and is contraindicated in some articles like microfibre.
Most fabric conditioners work by depositing special conditioning agents onto the fibres of the fabric to lubricate them.
tienda de ropa
dress shop
clothing store
Bookselling does seem to attract to it people who would seem to be prepared to work as shop assistants in bookshops who would not consider working as assistants in, say, grocer's or dress shops.
He quickly took a liking to American clothing stores and acquired a taste for fast-food restaurants.
