fashion

moda

Estilo de vestir o de presentarse que es popular en una época determinada.

En inglés sencillo: A style of clothing or appearance that is popular at a particular time.

• Long skirts are back in fashion.
• He follows the latest fashions.
• These shoes went out of fashion years ago.

Cómo se usa: in/out of fashion (Bright colors are in fashion this summer.)

Sinónimos: style, trend

Expresiones frecuentes: in fashion, out of fashion, latest fashion

moda, industria de la moda

Actividad dedicada a diseñar, fabricar y vender ropa.

En inglés sencillo: The business of designing, making, and selling clothes.

• She works in fashion.
• The fashion industry creates thousands of jobs.
• He hopes to join a famous fashion house.

Expresiones frecuentes: fashion industry, fashion designer, fashion house, fashion show

manera, forma

Forma en que se hace algo o en que ocurre.

En inglés sencillo: The way in which something is done or happens.

• The crowd left in orderly fashion.
• She answered in her usual fashion.
• Both machines work in a similar fashion.

Cómo se usa: in a … fashion (The files were arranged in a logical fashion.)

Sinónimos: way, manner

Expresiones frecuentes: in orderly fashion, in similar fashion, in timely fashion

moda, moda pasajera

Tendencia cambiante que se sigue por ser popular, más que por su utilidad o sentido.

En inglés sencillo: A changing trend that people follow because it is popular, rather than useful or sensible.

• The craze was just a passing fashion.
• He dismissed the new diet as a fashion.
• There is a fashion for giving businesses strange names.

Cómo se usa: fashion for something (There is a fashion for painting every room gray.)

Sinónimos: fad, craze, trend

Expresiones frecuentes: passing fashion, current fashion, fashion for something

fabricar, moldear

Hacer algo o darle forma, normalmente a mano y con cuidado.

En inglés sencillo: To make or shape something, usually by hand and with care.

• He fashioned a bowl from clay.
• They fashioned the branches into a shelter.
• She fashions tiny animals out of wire.

Cómo se usa: fashion something from/out of something (She fashioned a hat out of newspaper.); fashion something into something (He fashioned the wood into a small boat.)

Sinónimos: make, shape, craft

Expresiones frecuentes: fashion something from something, fashion something into something