Translation for "tail coat" to spanish

Tail coat

• abrigo de cola
• frac

Translation examples

frac

There stood Adam, in his black tail-coat, rubbing his arm;
Allí estaba Adam, con su frac negro, frotándose un brazo;

He was wearing his mouldy old tail coat in honour of the occasion.
Como la ocasión lo merecía, llevaba puesto su frac viejo y enmohecido.

A tail-coat, to be sure, is advantageous to my figure, for which I have Papa to thank.
Cierto es que el frac favorece mi figura, que debo a papá.

The brothel bullies wore tail-coats and starched white bibs studded with diamonds.
Los matones del burdel llevaban chaquetas de frac con botones de diamantes.

and I distinctly remember that the lion-tamer wore a white dress bow and a long tail coat.
y me acuerdo perfectamente de que el domador llevaba frac y un lazo blanco.

Tristao took his tail-coat off too, as though it were agreed what they were going to do.
Tristão también se quitó el frac, como si ya estuviese convenido lo que pensaban hacer.

They had been having one of their ridiculous club dinners, and they were all wearing coloured tail-coats — a sort of livery.
Habían estado en una de las ridículas cenas de su club y todos llevaban frac de colores… como una especie de librea.

A day later Hendrik made his appearance after stopping off in Hamburg to collect his new tail coat.
Un día más tarde llegó Hendrik, que había pasado por Hamburgo para recoger su frac.

He’d cut a fine figure in his black tailed coat and had known exactly what to do and say that night.
Aquella noche tenía un porte impresionante con el frac negro y supo qué decir y qué hacer.

And now suddenly he is there in a tail coat, sure of himself, unworried, undisguised, picking her out of the crowd with a look of expectation.
Y allí está de pronto, en frac, seguro de sí mismo, despreocupado, sin disfraces, distinguiéndola entre la multitud con una mirada de esperanza.