Italian English Dictionary

italiano - English

costume in English:

1. fancy dress fancy dress


I like wearing my fancy dresses. Superman costume is my favourite one.
Peter's fancy dress is so funny.

English word "costume"(fancy dress) occurs in sets:

CAE 626 - 650

2. suit suit


Suit yourself.
At the funeral, the widow looked very dignified, with her black suit, hat and gloves.
We don't give discounts, the woman said sternly. "Regardless how small. Now, please take off the suit if you can't afford it."
Never mind that, what's with that get up ... a swimming suit!? "That's right. Sexy isn't it? Feeling horny?"
The floor is dirty! the shopkeeper reprimanded him. "You haven't even paid for the suit yet, and you're already getting it dirty!"
Well, it's just like the proverb "fine feathers make a fine bird". You look really good when you wear a suit.
As he looked through the store window, Dima's eyes widened as they fell upon a gorgeous black suit, and then widened even more when he noticed the 3,000,000.99 BYR price tag.
I'm in a terrible hurry... for reasons I can't say, Dima replied to the woman. "Please, just let me try on that suit there."
At a word from the ballet master in the white suit, the room will come alive.
As soon as one airline announced its plan for airfare reductions, the rest of the companies followed suit.
As she fetched Dima the suit, the shopkeeper noticed smears of blood on his shirt, and couldn't help but stare in shock.
But it's true! Dima insisted. "They won't let me buy the suit unless I give them another 99 kopeks! Can't you wire me some money?"
The government hopes that lowering its carbon emissions will set an example and that other countries will follow suit.
People eagerly sought a more modernised style of dress and transformed the old qipao to suit their tastes.
It's pool-season from this week, isn't it? "Oh yes. I've gotta go and buy a swimming suit, then."

English word "costume"(suit) occurs in sets:

Varie - Miscellaneous