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Meaning of sarong | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/səˈɹɒŋ/

Definitions

A garment made of a length of printed cloth wrapped about the waist that is commonly worn by men and women in South and Southeast Asia, also in the Pacific islands.

Equivalents

العربية صَارُون
Deutsch Sarong
Español pareo sarong
Français pagne sarong
Bahasa Indonesia sarung
日本語 サロン
한국어 사롱
Português sarongue
ไทย โสร่ง
Tiếng Việt xà rông

Examples

“[David] Beckham donning a sarong was taken as incontrovertible proof that Posh had somehow managed to steal him from the world of men, by witchcraft. It is absolutely impossible to overestimate how upset people were by sarong-gate, particularly the tabloid media. The Sun ran the pic with the headline: “Beckham has got his Posh frock on.””

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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