A special type of trousers
I have seen a special type of trousers that we call "pantalones piratas" in Spainish. Could I call this "trousers"?
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I see from searching "pantalones piratas" in google images, these are slightly short trousers. Back in the 1950's and 1960's, these were known in the USA as "pedal pushers" but I don't know if that name has changed lately. That name was quite good, because women could wear them and ride a bicycle, and not have the cloth get trapped in the bicycle pedals and gears.
I am not an expert on clothing, but I would expect that most people would call these either "trousers" or "pants", with probable regional preference for one or the other.
I followed Pesta's lead and would you know it - pedal pushers in Spanish can be translated among other things as pantalón pirata - also pantalón pescador.
They are usually called Capri(s) pants in the USA. . .on the east coast they are called clam diggers.
In England they would be called cropped trousers now but a few years ago they were pedal pushers here too.
In my experience, "Capris" or "capri pants" is the most common name for these. This is what you will probably see them called in stores and catalogs in the US. However, I agree with the others who said they could also be called "pedal pushers" or "clam diggers" (though both of those terms are a little more old-fashioned).
Yes, these are trousers, no doubt. If they are above the knee , they are shorts.
I think we may even have pirate trousers here, but I'm not sure, knee-length trousers will suffice, or 'trousers that finish just below the knee'. Anyway, perhaps a fashionista will come along but, in the meantime, they are definitly trousers, not a skirt.
