pecho

Sentences

Los machos tienen la cabeza , el pecho y las alas más negras .

Males have blacker heads, breasts, and wings.

Su pecho , vientre , obispillo y parte del dorso
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son blancos .

His chest, belly, bishopric and part of the back are white.

Meaning

pechar

to pay a tax or other tribute
to trick (someone) out of money
to pay a fine
to put up with; to deal with

female breast

woman’s breast

pectoral region

cardinal virtues

torax

cinturón del pecho

cinturón del busto

seno femenino

pecho de la mujer

pecho femenino

ubre de los animales

caja del pecho

parus

pechamen

enfaldo

στήθος

Frequency

Hyphenated as

pe‧cho

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpet͡ʃo/

Inherited from Latin

Cognate with Catalan

Cognate with Italian

Cognate with Portuguese

Cognate with Romanian

In summary

Inherited from Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic *pektos, from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“breast”). Compare Catalan pit, Italian petto, Portuguese peito, Romanian piept. See also peto, a doublet borrowed from Italian.

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