traje de bano y trusa

Question

I just came across the word "la trusa" and found out that it means swimsuit. Since "traje de baño" is what I learned earlier as the Spanish for swimsuit, do these 2 terms really mean the same thing?

Answer 1

In Argentina "swimsuit" is "malla or traje de baño". "Trusa" was used to refer to some kind of underwear our grandmothers used to wear. They still exist, and I guess some people must wear them... They are call "fajas" now. I think "trusas" is an old way to call them. Here... I found a picture!!

Not so sensual, uhh? jajaja - Benz, ABR 4, 2010

Well, I think sensuality, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. If this gets flagged, then there's the beholder. ;-))) Thanks, Benz! - Rikko, ABR 4, 2010

BTW, the dictionary here says trusa is swimsuit. This wouldn't be a swimsuit, right? - Rikko, ABR 4, 2010

No, it's not a swimsuit. it's underwear to get a flat stomach. Trusa is not a swimsuit in Argentina :) - Benz, ABR 4, 2010

I saw in a dictionary that trusa=swimming suit in Cuba. - AntMexico, ABR 4, 2010

It seems like the use of the words is regional. Thanks again! - Rikko, ABR 5, 2010

no se ve la foto - Rey_Mysterio, ABR 19, 2013

If trusa is like faja then it'd likely be a truss. - afowen, ABR 19, 2013

I changed the picture. The other link was broken after such a long time :) - Benz, ABR 21, 2013

Answer 2

In Mexico trusa is always underwear.

You mean that it does not have to be a swimsuit? But underwear for women only, I suppose? - Rikko, ABR 4, 2010

Thank you, Morbo. It appears to me that they may be referring to the same thing, but depending on where one is. - Rikko, ABR 5, 2010

Answer 3

Trusa in Mexico is underwear for men. Not the boxer style underwear, the other one.

Thank you! You mean the one that looks like the one shown in the picture above? :-) - Rikko, ABR 5, 2010

There used to be "boxers" or" briefs". Now there are also boxer briefs and trunks. - 0074b507, ABR 5, 2010

Yes, that kind of style, but for men. Not the style that look like shorts. - 00e46f15, ABR 5, 2010

Answer 4

looks like la trusa has a more finite defintion depending on where you are in the world according to this dictionary.

Have you heard both words used before to mean the same thing? - Rikko, ABR 4, 2010

Thanks! I encountered "trusa" in a Barron's Spanish book, so maybe that's the term used in the place where the writer is from. - Rikko, ABR 5, 2010

Answer 5

underwear

Answer 6

I'm Cuban/Spanish, I've always said Trusa, darnit! My argentine friend calls it "Malla"