Meaning of chaleco | Babel Free

Definitions

1. vest, waistcoat
   masculine
2. Equivalent to 'Waistcoat': An ornamental garment worn under a doublet.

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Examples

“Dimpois de comer dúas cuncas de caldo, deitouse na cama, sacou da faltrica do chaleque dous cigarros e unha navalla e liando un pito, púxose a fumegar polas ventas das narices, o mesmo có tren.”

After eating two bowls of broth he lay down on the bed; he took two cigars and a pocket knife from the vest's pocket and, rolling a cigarette, began to throw smoke by the nostrils, not unlike a train.

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