Translations

colourfully

colorfully (US) [ˈkʌləfʊlɪ] ADV

1. (= brightly) [decorated, painted] → con colores muy vivos; [dressed] → de forma muy vistosa

2. (= in picturesque terms) [describe] → con mucho colorido
he swore colourfully → utilizó expresiones muy subidas de tono

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

colourfully

[ˈkʌlə^rfʊli] (British) colorfully (US) adv

[dressed, painted] → en couleurs vives

[described] → de façon pittoresque

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

colourfully

, (US) colorfully

adv

(= brightly) dressed, painted, decorated → bunt

(= excitingly) describe, write → anschaulich

(euph: = vulgarly) swear → heftig

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

colourfully

colorfully (Am) [ˈkʌləfəlɪ] adv (gen) → con colori vivaci; (describe) → in modo pittoresco

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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