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codo

elbow

noun KOH-doh Rare
Body & Health Body Parts

Also means

bend

Usage Note

Codo refers to the elbow joint on the body, but also to any pipe elbow or sharp bend in plumbing and engineering. The idiom hablar por los codos ('to talk nineteen to the dozen', literally 'to speak through one's elbows') describes a chatterbox. Codo con codo means 'side by side' or 'shoulder to shoulder'.

Examples

"Me golpeé el codo con la mesa."

Natural Translation

I hit my elbow on the table.

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