diente
Meaning
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- (masculine) tooth (anatomy)
- (masculine) tooth, cog (sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement)
- (masculine) clove (of garlic)
Concepts
Synonyms
Frequency
Hyphenated as
dien‧te
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdjente/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Spanish diente (“tooth”), from Latin dentem, dēns, from Proto-Italic *dents, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts, *h₃dónts.
New
dentar
to teethe
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