Masculí
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hueso

(Anglès)

  1. (masculine) bone
  2. (masculine) stone, pit (the central part of some fruits, consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer (like those of peach, olive, avocado or mango))
  3. (Mexico, masculine, slang) political position (appointed or elected)
  4. (Spain, informal, masculine) strict person

Freqüència

B2
Amb guionet com a
hue‧so
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈw̝eso/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish huesso, from Latin ossum, popular variant of os, ossis, from Proto-Italic *ōs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ (“bone”), *h₂óst. Compare Catalan os, French os, Interlingua osso, Italian osso, Portuguese osso, Romanian os, Sardinian ossu. Political sense comes from comparing a dog looking for and defending a bone and a politician searching for a position.

Related words

endocarpi

feina monòtona

treball feixuc

os sacre

os bertran

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