hueso

Meaning

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

Hyphenated as

hue‧so

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈw̝eso/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

Ascienden entre el músculo temporal y el hueso .

They ascend between the temporalis muscle and the bone.