No entiendo este vestido.
I don't get this dress.
Some dresses have a cut so strange you can only stare, and este vestido points to the one right in front of you.
Spanish vocabularyA1 · Beginner
How to say "dress" in Spanish
el vestido
nounmasculineplural: los vestidos
"Dress" in Spanish is el vestido. The word is masculine, so you say un vestido negro even though women wear it. If you mean the verb, "to get dressed" is vestirse: Me visto en cinco minutos.
Hear "vestido" in real movie scenes
One dress that confuses, one that offends. Each video starts and stops on that line.
Ese vestido es horrible.
That dress is hideous.
Vestido only names the garment, so the opinion has to come from the adjective, here horrible.
Vestido, vestirse and other dress words
The noun is the garment. The verb is what you do every morning.
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| el vestido | a dress |
| el vestido de novia | wedding dress |
| el vestido de fiesta | party dress, evening dress |
| vestirse | to get dressed |
| ir vestido de negro | to be dressed in black |
| el código de vestimenta | dress code |
Tip: Vestido is also the past participle of vestir, so Estoy vestido means "I'm dressed". A woman says Estoy vestida.
Grammar: el vestido, los vestidos
Four points for talking about dresses and getting dressed.
Masculine, whoever wears it
el vestido, un vestido, los vestidos. Grammatical gender has nothing to do with who wears the garment, so adjectives end in -o.Color and type go after
el vestido rojo, un vestido largo. Use de to say what kind: un vestido de novia, un vestido de verano.Wearing a dress
For clothes someone has on, use llevar: Lleva un vestido azul. She's wearing a blue dress. To put one on, use ponerse: Me pongo el vestido.The verb vestirse
The e turns into i in most present forms: me visto, te vistes, se viste, but nos vestimos.Example sentences
Sentences from the Wordy Spanish course. Tap to listen.
El vestido es negro.
The dress is black.
El vestido es muy bonito.
The dress is very pretty.
Debes quedarte el vestido.
You should keep the dress.
No entiendo este vestido.
I don't get this dress.
Common mistakes
Mistakes learners make with this word, and how to fix them.
✗una vestido roja
✓un vestido rojo
Vestido is masculine, so the article and the color end in -o too.
✗Me vesto
✓Me visto
Vestirse is a stem-changing verb. In the yo form the e becomes i.
✗Estoy vistiendo un vestido (I'm wearing a dress)
✓Llevo un vestido
This is a word-for-word copy of English. For clothes you have on, Spanish speakers say llevar.
Real conversation: the dress or the skirt?
A short dialog outside the fitting room.
You're outside the fitting room. Your friend Camila holds two pieces of clothing, a shirt hangs on the rack, and she can't decide.
Mira, el vestido negro o la falda azul.
Look, the black dress or the blue skirt.
¿Cuál prefieres?
Which one do you like better?
No sé... El vestido es más caro.
I don't know... The dress is more expensive.
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How to remember it
Vestido starts with vest. Picture a vest that keeps growing down to your knees until it turns into a dress.
Questions about "dress" in Spanish
How do you say dress in Spanish?
El vestido. It's masculine: un vestido negro, los vestidos.
How do you say "to get dressed" in Spanish?
Vestirse: Me visto, I get dressed. To put on one item, say ponerse: Me pongo el vestido.
How do you say wedding dress in Spanish?
El vestido de novia. Novia means bride, so it's the bride's dress.
How do you say "she's wearing a dress" in Spanish?
Lleva un vestido. Spanish uses llevar for the clothes someone has on.
