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Old August 01, 2010, 07:15 PM
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Hown do you refer to taking up, or letting down, a pants leg cuff in Spanish?

Someone told me "Hacer el doble", but then I thought I heard "Cojer el bajo" on TV.

Could someone clear this up?

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Old August 01, 2010, 07:23 PM
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el bajo de los pantalones
el dobladillo ...
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Old August 01, 2010, 08:29 PM
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I agree with Rusty in terms of the noun. As far as the action/verb is concerned I have heard both, "hacer el dobladillo" and/or "coger el bajo".
Moliner gives "hacer dobladillos a alguna prenda de ropa"
and Oxford Superlex bilingual gives,
dobladillo m hem; subirle/bajarle el dobladillo a un vestido = to take up/let down the hem of a dress.

Now that I think about it this "subir el dobladillo" is probably the way I heard my mom saying it.

You could also say "coser el dobladillo"

hem to take up/let down the hem = subir or meter/bajar or sacar el dobladillo (or in Chile, la basta... is that right, Chileno?)
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En Chile es "basta" o "bastilla"
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Gracias, Chileno.
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Gracias, Chileno.
Correcto. No leí la última frase...
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Ah, qué gracia, pensaba que sólo lo estabas confirmando... (no sabía yo lo de "bastilla")
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Yes, I've always known it as bastilla but when pants' legs have a "cuff" then it would be a dobladillo.
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People,

Thanks for the definitions.

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agree with all. In Spain "meter/sacar el dobladillo" for doing it and "tomar el dobladillo" if you mark it to be done later.

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