vistoso

showy

adjective bees-TOH-soh Rare

Origin: From vista (sight) + -oso (adjectival suffix indicating abundance).

Also means

colourful

Usage Note

Vistoso describes something eye-catching or vivid in a positive or neutral sense — a traje vistoso is a striking outfit. It does not carry the pejorative edge of 'flashy' or chillón in all contexts, though it can. The feminine form is vistosa; note the initial 'v' is pronounced like 'b' in Spanish.

Examples

"La mariposa tiene alas muy vistosas."

Natural Translation

The butterfly has very colourful wings.

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