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costura

Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cōnsūtūra, from Latin cōnsūtus, from consuō.

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Noun

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costura f (plural costures)

  1. sewing, needlework
  2. stitch (a single pass of a needle in sewing)
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Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese costura (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *cōnsūtūra, from Latin cōnsūtus, from consuō.

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Noun

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costura f (plural costuras)

  1. needlework, sewing
  2. stitches, stitching
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica Troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 417:
      a pẽna do mãto mays preçada et mays marauillosa era que outra que nũca home uisse, ca ela era en ssy enteyra, que en ela toda nõ auj́a peça nẽ costura.
      the mantle's hide was more precious and marvelous than any other that anyone had ever seen, because it was in itself whole, having no pieces or stiches
  3. junction, joint in between boards
  4. scar
  5. (nautical, fishing) splice

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin *consutura

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  • IPA(key): /koˈstu.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ura
  • Hyphenation: co‧stù‧ra

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costura f (plural costure)

  1. a seam (the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric)

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  • costura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -uɾɐ
  • Hyphenation: cos‧tu‧ra

Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *cōnsūtūra, from Latin cōnsūtus, from consuō.

Noun

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costura f (plural costuras)

  1. sewing
  2. stitches
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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costura

  1. inflection of costurar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cōnsutūra, from Latin cōnsūtus, from cōnsuō.

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  • IPA(key): /kosˈtuɾa/ [kosˈt̪u.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -uɾa
  • Syllabification: cos‧tu‧ra

Noun

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costura f (plural costuras)

  1. needlework, sewing
  2. (in clothing or machinery) seam, stitches
  3. (nautical) seam
  4. splice

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