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pliegue

fold

noun PLYEH-geh Rare

Origin: Latin plica, 'fold'

Also means

crease

Usage Note

Pliegue refers to a fold or crease in fabric, paper, skin, or geological strata. In sewing it describes deliberate tucks (pliegues in a skirt); in geology it describes rock folds. The verb is plegar (to fold), irregular in the present: pliega.

Examples

"La falda tenía varios pliegues elegantes."

Natural Translation

The skirt had several elegant folds.

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