Saturday, May 4, 2013

Spanish - clothing, camisa vs. camiseta and abrigo vs. chaqueta

Rosetta Stone
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Clothing continued, with added material

Camiseta vs. camisa vs. blusa:

camiseta (f) - shirt, t-shirt, pullover shirt. This is for more casual shirts, typically without buttons, and can refer to clothing worn by a man or woman.

camisa (f) - shirt, dress shirt, button up shirt. This will often have buttons, more formal, often referring to clothing worn by a man.

blusa (f) - shirt, often with buttons, more formal or dressy, potentially. This is always referring to clothing worn by women.

Abrigo vs. chaqueta:

abrigo (m) - long, overcoat (abrigar - to keep warm)

chaqueta (f) - shorter jacket

chaqueta de lluvia (f) - rain jacket

Various other clothing:

el sombrero - hat

traje de baño - bathing suit

anteojos - glasses

el zapato - shoe

los calcetines - socks

el vestido - dress



Some references used:
A forum post about chaqueta and abrigo, mostly in spanish: http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1768336


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