Also means
crease
Usage Note
Pliegue refers to a fold or crease in fabric, paper, skin, or geological strata. In sewing it describes deliberate tucks (pliegues in a skirt); in geology it describes rock folds. The verb is plegar (to fold), irregular in the present: pliega.
Examples
"La falda tenía varios pliegues elegantes."
Natural Translation
The skirt had several elegant folds.
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