americana

/ameɾiˈkana/ · B1 · noun · f

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🧥 americana = American, short for chaqueta americana, the American-style jacket

In Spain, a blazer or suit jacket is simply called an americana, the feminine form of American. It agrees with the feminine noun chaqueta (jacket), which is why it is una americana. Elsewhere in the Spanish-speaking world the same garment is often called a saco.

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