portasenos
Spanish
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry”) + senos (“breasts”), literally “breasts-carrier”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌpoɾtaˈsenos/ [ˌpoɾ.t̪aˈse.nos]
- Rhymes: -enos
- Syllabification: por‧ta‧se‧nos
Noun
portasenos m (plural portasenos)
- (colloquial, Argentina, Paraguay, uncommon in, Dominican Republic) bra
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sostén
Further reading
- “portasenos”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010