albiceleste
white and sky-blue
Reviewed by: David WestfallCofounder
White and sky-blue, the colors of the Argentine flag and its national team
Encoding Strategies:
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albiceleste
white-and-sky-blue
Something striped or patterned in white and light blue together, most often a flag or a shirt.
La bandera albiceleste ondeaba en el balcónThe white-and-sky-blue flag waved on the balcony
Los hinchas llenaron la plaza con camisetas albicelestesThe fans filled the square with white-and-sky-blue shirts
Argentine (Argentina)
Anything Argentine, since white and sky blue are the colors of the country's flag.
El público albiceleste cantó durante todo el partidoThe Argentine crowd sang for the whole match
Es un orgullo vestir la camiseta albicelesteIt's a source of pride to wear the Argentine shirt
la Albiceleste
the Argentine national team, the Argentina side (football)
The Argentine national football team, called this after the white and sky-blue stripes on its shirt.
La Albiceleste ganó el Mundial en QatarThe Argentine national team won the World Cup in Qatar
Mañana juega la Albiceleste contra BrasilThe Argentina side plays against Brazil tomorrow