camiseta imperio

English translation: singlet tight tank top undershirt (pick one)

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Spanish term or phrase:	camiseta imperio
English translation:	singlet tight tank top undershirt (pick one)
Entered by:	Paul Roige (X)

07:09 Aug 13, 2002

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Marketing / Brando textiles and movies

Spanish term or phrase: camiseta imperio

Hola. Brando wore this at least once in On the Waterfront. What kind of singlet/T-shirt is this? Thanks :-)

Paul Roige (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 339 (none open) (2 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 1936 Spain
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tight tank

Explanation:
Hola Paul,
Un modelito super especial para lucir el "washing board" o el "six-pack" del abdomen...
Mire usté el link de la referencia plis...
Pssst....Me pregunto ¿cómo se vería nuestro dear Marlon luciendo el mismo modelito de t-shirt en su papel de Apocalípsis Now!?
Buena suerte y saludos cordiales del Oso ¶:^)

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¿Y ahora a quién le doy los kudos? En fin, por esta vez - y sin que sirva de precedente - van para el que recibió más aplausos. Gracias a las tres :-)
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tight tank

Oso (X)

(tight) undershirt

Refugio

singlet / tank top

tazdog (X)

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24 mins confidence:

singlet / tank top

Explanation:
I think it's of the type we'd call a "tank top" in the U.S. - judging by what I've seen:

la camiseta imperio ( de tirantes y muy transpirable para los que no estén puestos en las cosas del "glamour ")
http://es.geocities.com/leofregoli/grua.htm

17 Rivaldo's vest: not since Marlon Brando has a singlet looked so cool.
http://football.guardian.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4436495,00.html

Maybe someone who's seen the film can confirm this. :-)

as noted

tazdog (X)
Spain
Local time: 22:34
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 5410

33 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

tight tank

Oso (X)
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 3064

Grading comment

¿Y ahora a quién le doy los kudos? En fin, por esta vez - y sin que sirva de precedente - van para el que recibió más aplausos. Gracias a las tres :-)

12 hrs confidence:

(tight) undershirt

Explanation:
It is called a tank top now (ironic, since that term refers to a type of swimwear not worn by men since probably around the thirties), but at the time of the film it was simply called an undershirt.

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or sometimes \"muscle shirt\"

Refugio
Local time: 13:34
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 1827

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