corpiño
See also: corpino
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From corpo + iño, diminutive of corpo ("body").
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
corpiño m (plural corpiños)
- bodice
- 1746, frei Martín Sarmiento, Coloquio de 24 gallegos rústicos:
- comprarein na vila cousas a desexo: corpiño, manguiñas, cintiñas, ourelos, e mais unha coifa e mais un espello
- I'll buy in town everything I'd wish: bodice, sleeves, ribbons, borders, and a coif and a mirror
References edit
- “corpiño” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “corpiño” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “corpiño” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Galician corpiño (“bodice”, literally “little body”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
corpiño m (plural corpiños)
- (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay) bra; bodice
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sostén
- (Mexico) training bra
Usage notes edit
- Understood in Spain but more commonly used in Latin America.
Further reading edit
- “corpiño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014