🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

ropa interior

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈro.pa în.teˈɾjõɾ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Smallclothes/ˈsmɔːl.klɔːðz/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Guardó su ropa interior limpia en el armario."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Undergarments, especially men's underpants or breeches worn beneath outer clothing.

    "He quickly changed his linen smallclothes before donning his formal evening suit."
  2. 2

    Historical close-fitting knee-breeches worn as an essential component of 18th-century European male fashion.

    "The portrait depicted the gentleman elegantly attired in silk smallclothes and a matching waistcoat."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the adjectives 'small' (from Old English 'smæl') and 'clothes' (from Old English 'clāðas'). Originally coined in the 17th century to denote undergarments or the close-fitting breeches worn by men under their outer attire during the 18th and early 19th centuries.

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