traje

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾa.ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾa.ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾa.ʒe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾa.ʒ(ɨ)/

• Hyphenation: tra‧je

Etymology 1

From a derivative of Old Galician-Portuguese trager (whence modern Portuguese trazer), from Vulgar Latin tragēre, from Latin trahō. Compare Galician traxe.

Alternative forms

• trajo

Noun

traje m (plural trajes)

1. attire, dress, garb
2. suit

   Synonyms: fato, vestido

Related terms

• trazer

Descendants

• → Spanish: traje

Etymology 2

Verb

traje

1. inflection of trajar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “traje” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
• “traje” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

traje

1. third-person singular present of trajati

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese traje. Compare English train (“the long back section of a gown that is drawn along the floor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾaxe/ [ˈt̪ɾa.xe]

• Audio (Colombia)

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• Rhymes: -axe
• Syllabification: tra‧je

Noun

traje m (plural trajes)

1. suit

   Synonyms: (Chile) ambo, (Venezuela, colloquial) flux, (Peru and Chile) terno, (Colombia, Panama) vestido

   Quiero este traje. ― I'll take this suit.

   El traje es de color azul. ― The suit is blue.

2. dress (distinctive style for particular occasion)
3. gown, dress (e.g. bridal gown, evening gown)
4. costume, outfit, getup (e.g. superhero costume; a regional, national, folk costume)

Hyponyms

• traje acuático
• traje de baño
• traje de etiqueta (“dress suit”)
• traje de luces
• traje de negocios (“business suit”)
• traje espacial
• traje húmedo
• traje presurizado (“pressure suit”)
• traje seco

 

Derived terms

• portatrajes
• trajecito (diminutive)

 

See also

• guante (“glove”)
• Jersey (“jumper, jersey”)
• zapatos (“shoes”)
• trajear
• trajín

Verb

traje

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of traer

Further reading

• “traje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014