gistro

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English G-string.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʝistɾo/ (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
IPA^(key): /ˈʃistɾo/ (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /ˈʒistɾo/ (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -istɾo
Syllabification: gis‧tro

Noun

gistro m (plural gistros)

(Puerto Rico) G-string, thong
Synonym: tanga

Further reading

“gistro”, in Diccionario de americanismos (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language , 2010

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