hombre
Meaning
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- (masculine) man, (adult male human)
- (masculine) man, (all humans collectively); mankind, humankind
- (masculine) man, (individual of the species Homo sapiens, the genus Homo, or the subtribe Hominina)
- (colloquial,masculine) husband
- (masculine,slang) top
- (masculine) ombre (Spanish card game)
Concepts
adult male
modern human
modern human being
Crikey
Blimey
married man
Synonyms
tener hambre
varon
sexo masculino
ser quichua
serhumano
hombre moderno
cualquier ser humano
persona que cree en cristo
home
para chico
ombe
ome
tumbalocas
montro
iori
ombe
manix
barraco
cara de hombre
fuerte hombre
macho en cada
Frequency
Hyphenated as
hom‧bre
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈombɾe/
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish omne, from Latin hominem, homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ (“earthling”). The Old Spanish form omne was first dissimilated to omre and then a gliding sound -b- arose before the -r-. Compare the same development in hambre and nombre.
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