Pants Leg Cuff

[silopanna]

People,

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?

Thanks in advance.

Silopanna/Dean

[Rusty]

el bajo de los pantalones
el dobladillo ...
la vuelta ...

[JPablo]

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?)

[chileno]

En Chile es "basta" o "bastilla"

[JPablo]

Gracias, Chileno.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by JPablo

Gracias, Chileno.

Correcto. No leí la última frase...

[JPablo]

Ah, qué gracia, pensaba que sólo lo estabas confirmando... (no sabía yo lo de "bastilla")

[Elaina]

Yes, I've always known it as bastilla but when pants' legs have a "cuff" then it would be a dobladillo.

[silopanna]

People,

Thanks for the definitions.

Silopanna/Dean

[sosia]

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

Saludos

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Elaina

Yes, I've always known it as bastilla but when pants' legs have a "cuff" then it would be a dobladillo.

Both terms are used in Chile, but "con la basta/bastilla para dentro o para afuera" is the most common question asked por la modista.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

"Dobladillo" is the most common word in Mexico, but we also use "bastilla" the way chileno has pointed out.

Los sastres la usan con mayor frecuencia.

[JPablo]

Curioso (ahora que me acuerdo, sí que había oído lo de "hacer la bastilla"... pero correcta, o incorrectamente, en el sentido de "hilvanar" antes de "coser el dobladillo"...

Muy interesante... (Me pregunto si Alfonso Sastre hilvanaba sus obras de teatro antes de escribirlas... )

[LibraryLady]

Can this be used? from the DRAE:
dobladillar. 1. tr. Hacer dobladillos en la ropa.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Certainly... the most common expression (at least in Mexico) is "hacer un dobladillo", but the verb is well understood and well accepted.

[Elaina]

Originally Posted by LibraryLady

Can this be used? from the DRAE:
dobladillar. 1. tr. Hacer dobladillos en la ropa.

So is this similar to "pliegues"? Or is it used strictly for pants?

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Elaina

So is this similar to "pliegues"? Or is it used strictly for pants?

Not in Chile at least.

Pleats = pliegues.

Aunque el verbo plegar= doblar.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

@Elaina: "Dobladillo"/"bastilla" is only for the lower part of pants and skirts.

And as I've heard these verbs in Mexico:

"Hacer pliegues" is to sew on (mostly irregular) folds made anywhere on the piece of clothing.

"Hacer tablas" is to make even vertical folds on skirts, like those of a hand fan, but wide.

"Plisar" is to make even vertical folds, usually on skirts, like those of a hand fan, usually thin.

"Drapear" is to make many very thin parallel folds, in any direction and on almost any part of the piece of clothing.

[Elaina]

¡Gracias Malila! That clears up or adds to my confusion. But at least I'll have it for future reference.