sostén
Asturian
editNoun
editsostén m (plural sostenes)
- bra (brassiere)
Synonyms
editCatalan
editVerb
editsostén
Galician
editVerb
editsostén
- inflection of soster:
Spanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editDeverbal from sostener, or possibly borrowed from Old Occitan sostenh;[1] compare French soutien, soutien-gorge.
Noun
editsostén m (plural sostenes)
- support, prop
- (now especially Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Spain, Venezuela) bra, brassière
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sostén
- 1992, Javier Marías, chapter 1, in Corazón tan blanco [A Heart So White]:
- No he querido saber, pero he sabido que una de las niñas […] entró en cuarto de baño, se puso frente al espejo, se abrió la blusa, se quitó el sostén y se buscó el corazón con la punta de la pistola de su propio padre, que estaba en el comedor con parte de la familia y tres invitados.
- I didn't want to know, but I found out that one of the girls...went into the bathroom, stood in front of the mirror, opened her blouse, took off her bra and searched for her heart with the tip of the pistol which belonged to her father, who was in the dining room with part of the family and three guests.
- sustenance, nourishment
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editVerb
editsostén
References
edit- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
edit- “sostén”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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