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Sometimes traje means "suit", "costume" and now "dress"? I'm very confused as to how I can tell the difference. Help?
I learned since last year that traje can also mean : vestido de mujer, traje de noche.
I'm assuming that the best definition of "traje" in English would be 'outfit'. In Serbo-Croatian, we use the word "odijelo" interchangeably for suit, costume, school uniform, a sports team's uniform, etc., just as I'm assuming Spanish speaking individuals use "traje".
Does the Spanish "traje" work the same way as the english "dress" as in "formal dress" or "casual dress" when referring to a group or function?
This site http://spanish.about.com/od/wordoftheday/p/word40.htm defines it as "suit, dress, outfit" so yeah I guess it's kind of a general word to describe a set of clothes.
I have never heard traje mean a dress. If it is so, then it is a much higher sophistication than this level warrants. JMHO
As a native speaker myself, I do get confused between the different dialects of Spanish. I'm Puerto Rican and for us "traje" also means dress and "vestido" also means suit. But I'm going to assume by the language's symbol this is the Mexican dialect.
Previous question explains dress as vestido. This question marks it wrong for not translating traje into dress. Somewhere a green owl dies.
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This is not clutter. This is a vote to change things. Does traje mean dress?
Traje can mean dress, or suit, or outfit. When someone says, "This is the outfit I'm wearing to work," they might mean, "This is the dress I'm wearing to work," or "This is the suit I'm wearing to work," or "This is the toga I'm wearing to work." It's not a word that refers to a specific type of clothing. It's a more general word.
ugandriawo- You were right and I restablished the down vote that someone gave you. Traje is also 3rd pers singular, preterito perfecto simple (past tense) of the verb traer/ to bring.
I can't pronounce "traje" for the life of me. I just can't seem to roll my r on this one. Any tips? :)
I'm not happy at all with this one. To me it means dress and nothing else.
Puerto ricans use some of these words with different terms. It is kinda frustrating.
