Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
alto/bajo de cadera
English translation:
high/low rise
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Carmen Schultz
Feb 1, 2008 07:22
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Spanish term
alto/bajo de cadera
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¿Cómo se dice que un pantalón sea alto de cadera o bajo de cadera? Muchas gracias.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +6 | alto=high-waisted; bajo=low-waisted/hiphugger |
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Feb 1, 2008 17:03: Carmen Schultz changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/70017">Paloma Vilar's</a> old entry - "alto/bajo de cadera"" to ""high/low rise""
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alto=high-waisted; bajo=low-waisted/hiphugger
This is how it is used in US (not sure how UK does it)
alto=high-waisted; bajo=low-waisted/hiphugger
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Note added at 22 mins (2008-02-01 07:44:25 GMT)
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HighWaistedPants.comIt's not that easy to find women's high waisted pants and trousers so we've put together a web page that will point you in the right direction. ...
www.highwaistedpants.com/ - 13k - Cached - Similar pages
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Note added at 25 mins (2008-02-01 07:47:30 GMT)
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LOW-WAISTED/HIPHUGGER also called LOW-RISE
Fashion Emergency: How to FixThe Downside of Low-Rise PantsBack in the day, when we called them 'hip-huggers' and wore them with halter or tube tops, ... I remember hiphuggers. But those were low-rise, not no-rise, ...
freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/952703/posts - 42k - Cached - Similar pages
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Note added at 29 mins (2008-02-01 07:51:12 GMT)
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tambien se les dice "HIGH-RISE" PANTS(trousers en UK) a los que son altos de cadera
alto=high-waisted; bajo=low-waisted/hiphugger
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Note added at 22 mins (2008-02-01 07:44:25 GMT)
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HighWaistedPants.comIt's not that easy to find women's high waisted pants and trousers so we've put together a web page that will point you in the right direction. ...
www.highwaistedpants.com/ - 13k - Cached - Similar pages
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Note added at 25 mins (2008-02-01 07:47:30 GMT)
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LOW-WAISTED/HIPHUGGER also called LOW-RISE
Fashion Emergency: How to FixThe Downside of Low-Rise PantsBack in the day, when we called them 'hip-huggers' and wore them with halter or tube tops, ... I remember hiphuggers. But those were low-rise, not no-rise, ...
freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/952703/posts - 42k - Cached - Similar pages
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Note added at 29 mins (2008-02-01 07:51:12 GMT)
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tambien se les dice "HIGH-RISE" PANTS(trousers en UK) a los que son altos de cadera
Peer comment(s):
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Cinnamon Nolan
: Low/high-rise are more common in the UK.
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thanks!
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Victoria Porter-Burns
: this or Cinnamon's suggestion. Both fine for UK.
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thanks
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Noni Gilbert Riley
: High cut/low cut also?
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thanks
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Silvia Serrano
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thanks
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Roser Villa
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thanks! !
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MSuderman
: low- or high-rise. In clothing manufacture, "rise" means the distance between the crotch and the top of the waistband.
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thanks : )
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Gracias, Carmen."
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