Dorado

Dorado (do-RAH-do)

Adjective

  1. Said of a color: similar to that of gold.
  2. Golden-colored.
  3. Splendid, happy, fortunate.
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El anillo es dorado.

The ring is golden.

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El pollo está dorado en el horno.

The chicken is browned in the oven.

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Vivieron en una época dorada.

They lived in a golden age.

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Dorado comes from the Latin deaurātus (“gilded”), the past participle of deaurāre (“to gild”), formed from aurum (“gold”).

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Dorado evokes wealth, beauty, and prosperity, most famously linked to the legend of El Dorado, the mythical “golden city” sought by Spanish conquistadors.

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Dorado is also the Spanish name for the mahi-mahi fish, known for its shimmering golden-green scales.

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