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Spanish to English Textiles / Clothing / Fashion Translation Glossary

Spanish term English translation
kimono con piping robe with piping; piped robe
la esterilla Basket weave
la figura en X hourglass shape
la obrera organizó sus puntos tradicionales en un orden peculiar, los agrupó con the female worker arranged her traditional stitches in a peculiar order, grouping them with original rhythm
la tela cortada al bies bias cut
Entered by: Wendy Gosselin
labradora (organza) embroidered silk organdy (or organza)
lana fría cool wool
lanas de mechas corded wool
Lapicero Pencil [skirt]
Entered by: Justin Peterson
largo length
largos de bajos hems length
Las indias de la casa The indigenous women who worked in the house
lavado de por coladas by machine loads
lazada ancha wide strap (halter)
línea del talle empire waistline(s)
líneas decididas bold lines
le fue dando este sesgo gave it this slant/contributed towards its fame
lencería y muebles linens and furnishings (store)
Lenceria No tradicional y Bordados alternative lingerie and embroidery
lente lens
levantamiento del tejido/elaboración artesanal the brocade or the embossed surface of the fabric/handmade manufacturing
ligar, ligamentos, ligados tying, binding
lino crudo natural linen
Entered by: eski
Lisos (in this context) plain
Entered by: Tina Lavrentiadou
listados striped
listados (wrong term meaning "listones") ribbons
llavero con stras strass studded key-chain
Llevaba pantalon puesto I was wearing trousers
logotipo calado inset logo/motif
Lona chapa pared Canvas wall sheet
lonja loncha
Entered by: Fernando Tognis
los ángulos de admiración the angles from which to admire/view a work of art
los plumas finos thin puffer / quilted jackets /garments
los propios del sentirse the characteristics/peculiarities of feeling
los volados flounce
Entered by: Wendy Gosselin
macarrón (de cuello de camisa) interior collar band
malliots two-piece swimsuit
manga con cardigan sleeve with ribbed cuff
Manga sisa Cutaway sleeve / sleeveless
mangas conformadas tapered/contoured sleeves
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