What does veste in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word veste in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use veste in Italian.

The word veste in Italian means dress, role, guise, clothe, dress, wear, fit, get dressed, in your birthday suit, as, acting as, robe, priest's robe, cassock, book design. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word veste

dress

sostantivo femminile (abito, vestito)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Anna indossò la veste più elegante che possedeva per la cerimonia.
Anna wore her smartest clothing for the ceremony.

role

sostantivo femminile (ruolo, funzione)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ti parlo in veste di tuo consigliere, ti prego di darmi ascolto.
Taking on the role of your advisor, I urge you to listen to me.

guise

sostantivo femminile (apparenza, aspetto esteriore)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Abbiamo cambiato veste alla pagina del nostro sito web, ora è sul tono del verde.
We changed the outward appearance of our website, now it's in green shades.

clothe, dress

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (coprire con abiti)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Maria vestì il figlio e lo accompagnò a scuola.
Maria clothed her son and took him to school.

wear

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (abito: indossare)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Vestiva un completo grigio con cravatta rosso scuro.
He wore a gray suit with a dark red tie.

fit

verbo intransitivo (abito: stare bene)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Questi pantaloni vestono comodi.
These trousers are a loose fit.

get dressed

verbo riflessivo o intransitivo pronominale (mettersi indumenti)

Erica si è vestita al buio stamattina, ha i calzini di colore diverso.
Erica got dressed in the dark this morning, her socks are two different colours.

in your birthday suit

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")

as, acting as

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
In questo momento non ti parlo in veste di professore, ma come se fossi tuo padre.
Right now I am not speaking to you as a teacher, but as a father.

robe

priest's robe, cassock

book design

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