Vestido/Traje/Trajecito and Work Benefits
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Vestido/Traje/Trajecito and Work Benefits

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Vestido/Traje/Trajecito

The general definitions of these words are as follows:

Vestido = dress

Traje = pantsuit

Trajecito = not a commonly used term

However, in Catching Fire/En Llamas, Katinss wedding dress was referred to as a “traje.” A reggaeton song called a woman’s dress a “trajecito.” These examples made me question the general definitions I had been given.

I asked about it on Journaly, and the nuanced answers are as follows:

Vestido = dress or formal set of clothing

Traje = a complete and usually elegant piece of clothing

Trajecito = diminutive version of traje

Work Benefits

Benefits = beneficios, prestaciones

Perks = beneficios, “perquecitos” (Spanglish)

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