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wasp waist

  • 1 wasp waist

    cintura de avispa

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  • 2 wasp waist

    s.
    cintura de avispa, talle de avispa.

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  • 3 wasp

    wosp
    (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant; a term used critically (often by minority groups) to refer to the members of the privileged upper middle class in the USA.) (blanco, anglosajón, protestante)
    - waspish
    - waspishly
    - waspishness
    wasp n avispa
    tr[wɒsp]
    1 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL (White, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant) blanco, anglosajón, protestante
    wasp ['wɑsp] n
    : avispa f
    expr.
    • americano medio expr.
    wɑːsp, wɒsp
    noun (esp AmE) (= white Anglo-Saxon Protestant) persona de la clase privilegiada de los EEUU, blanca, anglosajona y protestante

    ••
    Cultural note:
    WASP, Wasp - White Anglo-Saxon Protestant
    En EEUU el término se emplea para referirse a una persona blanca cuya familia es originaria del Reino Unido y de religión protestante. Los Wasps están considerados como las personas con mejor posición social y con mayor poder político
    [wɒsp]
    1.
    N avispa f

    wasps' nest — (also fig) avispero m

    2.
    CPD

    wasp waist N — (fig) talle m de avispa

    * * *
    [wɑːsp, wɒsp]
    noun (esp AmE) (= white Anglo-Saxon Protestant) persona de la clase privilegiada de los EEUU, blanca, anglosajona y protestante

    ••
    Cultural note:
    WASP, Wasp - White Anglo-Saxon Protestant
    En EEUU el término se emplea para referirse a una persona blanca cuya familia es originaria del Reino Unido y de religión protestante. Los Wasps están considerados como las personas con mejor posición social y con mayor poder político

    English-spanish dictionary > wasp

См. также в других словарях:

  • Wasp waist — refers to a silhouette, given by a style of corset and girdle, that has experienced various periods of popularity in the 19th and 20th centuries.Its primary feature is the abrupt transition from a natural width rib cage to an exceedingly small… …   Wikipedia

  • wasp waist — wasp′ waist n. a slender waistline wasp′ waist ed, adj …   From formal English to slang

  • wasp waist — n. a very slender or tightly corseted waist …   English World dictionary

  • wasp-waist|ed — «WOSP WAYS tihd, WSP », adjective. having a very slender waist …   Useful english dictionary

  • wasp waist — noun a very slender waist • Hypernyms: ↑waist, ↑waistline * * * noun : a very slender waist; specifically : a woman s tightly laced waistline * * * wasp waisted, adj. a woman s slender waistline, esp. when the result of tight cor …   Useful english dictionary

  • wasp waist — wasp waisted, adj. a woman s slender waistline, esp. when the result of tight corseting. [1865 70] * * * …   Universalium

  • wasp waist — noun Date: 1870 a very slender waist • wasp waisted adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • wasp waist — noun a woman s very narrow or tightly corseted waist. Derivatives wasp waisted adjective …   English new terms dictionary

  • wasp waist — /ˈwɒsp weɪst/ (say wosp wayst) noun a slender, or tightly laced, waist. –wasp waisted, adjective …  

  • wasp — O.E. wæps, wæsp, altered (probably by influence of L. vespa) from W.Gmc. *wabis (Cf. O.S. waspa, M.Du. wespe, Du. wesp, O.H.G. wafsa, Ger. Wespe, Dan. hveps), from PIE *wobhes /*wops (Cf. L. vespa, Lith. vapsa, O.C.S. vosa …   Etymology dictionary

  • Waist cincher — A short corset, 1860, of one part. A waist cincher (sometimes referred to as a Waspie) is a belt worn around the waist to make the wearer s waist physically smaller, or to create the illusion of being smaller. Contents 1 …   Wikipedia

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