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bragueta

fly

noun brah-GEH-tah Rare

Also means

zip

Usage Note

Bragueta is the zipper or button-fly opening on trousers; in Spain llevar la bragueta abierta is the everyday phrase for having one's fly undone. It is informal but not vulgar. It is a diminutive of braga (underpants).

Examples

"Llevas la bragueta abierta, te aviso."

Natural Translation

Your fly is open, just so you know.

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