costura

f.

1 sewing, needlework.

2 seam.

3 dressmaking (oficio).

alta costura haute couture

4 scar (cicatriz).

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costura

► nombre femenino

1 (cosido) sewing

2 (línea de puntadas) seam

■ medias sin costura seamless stockings

3 (confección) dressmaking

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FRASEOLOGÍA

meter a alguien en costura figurado to bring somebody to reason

sentar las costuras a alguien figurado to give somebody a dressing-down

alta costura haute couture

cesto de la costura sewing basket

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noun f.

1) seam

2) sewing

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SF

1) (=puntadas) seam

sin costura — seamless

sentar las costuras — to press the seams

- sentar las costura a algn

2) (=labor) sewing, needlework; (=confección) dressmaking

alta costura — haute couture, high fashion

la costura italiana — Italian fashion

3) (Náut) seam

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femenino

a) (acción) sewing; alto I

b) (puntadas) seam

sin costura — seamless

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femenino

a) (acción) sewing; alto I

b) (puntadas) seam

sin costura — seamless

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costura¹

¹ = dressmaking, needlework.

Ex: Another activities organized by the library are comic, jigsaw, knitting and dressmaking swap shops.

Ex: She is still very much a children's book borrower with a smattering of titles taken from the applied sciences, which in Susan's case meant books on cookery and needlework.

* alta costura = haute couture.

costura²

² = seam.

Ex: Attempts to use leather-covered rollers in place of ink-balls for hand-press work had been made soon after 1800, but they were frustrated by the unavoidable marks made by the seam with which the leather was sewn on.

* bordado sin costuras = needlepoint lace.

* sin costuras = seamless.

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costura

feminine

1 (acción) sewing alto¹ (↑ alto (1))

2 (puntadas) seam

medias sin costura seamless stockings

deshacer una costura to undo o unpick a seam

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Del verbo costurar: (conjugate costurar)

costura es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

costura sustantivo femenino

a) (acción) sewing

b) (puntadas) seam

costura sustantivo femenino
1 sewing: a la falda se le descosió una costura, a seam of the skirt has come unstitched
2 (oficio) dressmaking
alta costura, haute couture
'costura' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
costurero
- fusilar
- labor
- modista
- modisto
- sutura
- utensilio
- abierto
- ajustar
- alfiler
- alto
- corchete
- cortar
- corte
- descoserse
- descosido
- deshacer
- doble
- hilo
- media
- meter
- patrón
- pico
- pinza
- prueba
- puntada
- punto
- raja
- reforzar
- refuerzo
- rematar
- remate
- talle
- tirante
- volado
- volante
- vuelo
English:
decide on
- needlework
- seam
- sewing
- split
- squeeze
- workbox

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costura nf

1. [labor] sewing, needlework

2. [en tela] seam;

sin costuras seamless

3. [oficio] dressmaking;

alta costura haute couture

4. [cicatriz] scar

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costura

f

1 sewing;

alta costura haute couture

2

:

sin costura seamless

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costura nf

1) : seam

2) : sewing, dressmaking

3)

alta costura : haute couture

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costura n

1. (labor) sewing

2. (puntadas) seam / join