corpiño
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18th century corpiño
See also: corpino
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From corpo + iño, diminutive of corpo ("body").
Pronunciation
Noun
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
- “corpiño” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “corpiño”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “corpiño”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- “corpiño”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Galician corpiño (“bodice”, literally “little body”).
Pronunciation
Noun
corpiño m (plural corpiños)
- (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay) bra; bodice
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sostén
- (Mexico) training bra
Usage notes
- Understood in Spain but more commonly used in Latin America.
Further reading
- “corpiño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014