corpiño

See also: corpino

Galician

18th century corpiño

Alternative forms

• corpinho (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From corpo +‎ iño, diminutive of corpo ("body").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾˈpiɲo̝/

Noun

corpiño m (plural corpiños)

1. bodice
   • 1746, frei Martín Sarmiento, Coloquio de 24 gallegos rústicos:

     comprarein na vila cousas a desexo: corpiño, manguiñas, cintiñas, ourelos, e mais unha coifa e mais un espello

     I'll buy in town everything I'd wish: bodice, sleeves, ribbons, borders, and a coif and a mirror

References

• “corpiño” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “corpiño”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “corpiño”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “corpiño”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Galician corpiño (“bodice”, literally “little body”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾˈpiɲo/ [koɾˈpi.ɲo]
• Rhymes: -iɲo
• Syllabification: cor‧pi‧ño

Noun

corpiño m (plural corpiños)

1. (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay) bra; bodice

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sostén

2. (Mexico) training bra

Usage notes

• Understood in Spain but more commonly used in Latin America.

Further reading

• “corpiño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10