# costura
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cōnsūtūra, from Latin cōnsūtus, from consuō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [kusˈtu.ɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [kosˈtu.ɾa]

### Noun

costura f (plural costures)
* sewing, needlework
* stitch (a single pass of a needle in sewing)

#### Related terms

* cosir

### Further reading

* “costura” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “costura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “costura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “costura” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* custura

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese costura (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *cōnsūtūra, from Latin cōnsūtus, from consuō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kosˈtuɾa̝/

### Noun

costura f (plural costuras)
* needlework, sewing
* stitches, stitching
** 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica Troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 417:a pẽna do mãto mays preçada et mays marauillosa era que outra que nũca home uisse, ca ela era en ssy enteyra, que en ela toda nõ auj́a peça nẽ costura.the mantle's hide was more precious and marvelous than any other that anyone had ever seen, because it was in itself whole, having no pieces or stiches
* junction, joint in between boards
* scar
* (nautical, fishing) splice

#### Derived terms

* costureira
* costureiro

#### Related terms

* coser

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “costura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “costur”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “custur”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “costura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “costura”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “costura”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin *consutura

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /koˈstu.ra/
* Rhymes: -ura
* Hyphenation: co‧stù‧ra

### Noun

costura f (plural costure)
* a seam (the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric)

### Further reading

* costura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kosˈtu.ɾɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /kosˈtu.ɾɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /koʃˈtu.ɾɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kosˈtu.ɾa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kuʃˈtu.ɾɐ/
* Rhymes: -uɾɐ
* Hyphenation: cos‧tu‧ra

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *cōnsūtūra, from Latin cōnsūtus, from consuō.

#### Noun

costura f (plural costuras)
* sewing
* stitches

##### Derived terms

* costurar
* costureira

##### Related terms

* coser

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

costura
* inflection of costurar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “costura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cōnsutūra, from Latin cōnsūtus, from cōnsuō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kosˈtuɾa/ [kosˈt̪u.ɾa]
* Rhymes: -uɾa
* Syllabification: cos‧tu‧ra

### Noun

costura f (plural costuras)
* needlework, sewing
* (in clothing or machinery) seam, stitches
* (nautical) seam
* splice

#### Derived terms

* alta costura
* costurar
* costurero

#### Related terms

* coser

### Further reading

* “costura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10