cotilla

Catalan

Borrowed from Spanish cotilla (“corset”).

cotilla f (plural cotilles)

corset
(figurative) restraint
- 2021 July 20, “Un revulsiu per a la informalitat”, in El País‎:
  Si abans era poc habitual que un escriptor optés per caracteritzar els seus personatges amb un registre informal, o ho feia a mitges i esquitxant el text de cursives, ara han caigut totes les cotilles i la informalitat campa lliurement; […]
  It used to be uncommon for writers to characterize their protagonists in an informal tone, or when done at all, it was half-hearted and sprinkled with italics, but these restraints are gone now and informality has been set free;

Diminutive of cota (“coat of mail”).

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /koˈtiʝa/
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /koˈtiʎa/
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /koˈtiʃa/
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /koˈtiʒa/

cotilla m or f (masculine and feminine plural cotillas)

cotilla m or f by sense (plural cotillas)

cotilla f (plural cotillas)