What is the typical way in Spanish to refer to "slacks" (or dress pants that you'd wear with a suit or other formal clothing)? Is there a universal way to distinguish them from less formal pants? WordReference doesn't have an entry for it and I don't remember hearing a word for it in my travels.
2 Answers
I haven't heard any special word for that kind of trousers in Spain. I've always heard something like
Pantalón de traje (for the trousers of a suit)
or maybe in general
Pantalón de vestir (for smart/elegant trousers)
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Agree. In Argentina, is really common use the expression pantalón de vestir. Pantalón de traje isn't frequently used but I heard that sometimes.– alezvicMar 28, 2012 at 19:12
Some options that you could use might include:
- pantalones de vestir
- pantalones finos
- pantalones buenos
Often times though—assuming it's clear from context—you can informally refer to them as just pantalones
. You'd distinguish these from other types of pants because many of them have different informal words (e.g. mezclilla
for jeans.)
I hope this helps! :)