Sunday best in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for Sunday best in the English»Spanish Dictionary (Go to Spanish»English)

Translations for Sunday best in the Spanish»English Dictionary (Go to English»Spanish)

Translations for Sunday best in the English»Spanish Dictionary

See also Sunday papers, Monday

Monday [Am ˈməndeɪ, ˈməndi, Brit ˈmʌndeɪ, ˈmʌndi] N

lunes por medio CSur Peru

I.best [Am bɛst, Brit bɛst] ADJ

best superl of good

II.best [Am bɛst, Brit bɛst] ADV

III.best [Am bɛst, Brit bɛst] N

1.1. best + sing vb:

See also well2, well1, good, better

I.well1 <comp better, superl best> [Am wɛl, Brit wɛl] ADV

1. well (to high standard, satisfactorily):

2. well (thoroughly):

II.well1 <comp better, superl best> [Am wɛl, Brit wɛl] ADJ

III.well1 [Am wɛl, Brit wɛl] INTERJ

I.good <comp better, superl best> [Am ɡʊd, Brit ɡʊd] ADJ The usual translation of good, bueno, becomes buen when it precedes a masculine singular noun.

1. good food/quality/book/school:

8.2. good (kind):

your good lady Brit dated or hum

10. good (pleasant):

13.1. good (skilled, competent):

II.good [Am ɡʊd, Brit ɡʊd] N

2.1. good U (benefit):

3.1. good <goods, pl > (merchandise):

mercaderías fpl AmS
géneros mpl de punto Spain

III.good [Am ɡʊd, Brit ɡʊd] ADV

I.better [Am ˈbɛdər, Brit ˈbɛtə] ADJ

1.1. better quality/doctor/method/price:

II.better [Am ˈbɛdər, Brit ˈbɛtə] ADV

III.better [Am ˈbɛdər, Brit ˈbɛtə] N

IV.better [Am ˈbɛdər, Brit ˈbɛtə] VB trans

Sunday best in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for Sunday best in the English»Spanish Dictionary

Translations for Sunday best in the English»Spanish Dictionary

See also well2, well1, good

I.well2 [wel] N (hole for water etc.)

I.well1 [wel] better, best better, best ADJ

II.well1 [wel] better, best better, best ADV

III.well1 [wel] better, best better, best INTERJ (exclamation)

I.good [gʊd] better, best ADJ

II.good [gʊd] better, best N no pl

III.good [gʊd] better, best ADV

IV.good [gʊd] better, best INTERJ

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Shoes were only used for Sunday best and for many of the younger folk going bare foot was the order of the day.
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Children and adults wearing their Sunday best, sing and dance to welcome the rains that will water the new crops.
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Boys may wear a suit or tuxedo, or their Sunday best.
en.wikipedia.org
With faces painted garishly and decked up in their Sunday best, the girls wait in groups or alone, soliciting customers.
www.hindustantimes.com
At the end of the employment they would attend the mop fair dressed in their Sunday best clothes and carrying an item signifying their trade.
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Many were wearing their Sunday best and behaved with great dignity.
www.morningstaronline.co.uk
Underneath, the graduates wear formal clothes which may range from Sunday best to party attire.
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Several generations ago, the appropriate dress for a competition was simply Sunday best (clothes one would wear to church).
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His neighbours became anarchists in their Sunday best.
www.independent.co.uk
Children are also typically in their Sunday best.
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