This is the 4011th most frequent Catalan word.
costures
"Costures" in English means "seams" (stitches or joins in fabric).
Here, 'costures' refers to the physical stitches or seams in a piece of clothing.
Les costures del vestit s'han descosit.
The seams of the dress have come undone.
In this sentence, 'costures' is used to describe the act of sewing or the seams themselves that one learns to make.
Va aprendre a fer costures seguint un curs de costura.
She learned to sew seams by attending a sewing course.
Here, 'costures' is used metaphorically to signify the connections or bonds that hold aspects of life together.