grano

grain

noun GRAH-noh Less Common

Origin: From Latin granum, also the root of English 'grain.'

Also means

spot (pimple)

Usage Note

Grano means a cereal grain (granos de trigo, 'wheat grains'), a coffee bean (grano de café), or a pimple/spot on the skin (me salió un grano). The idiom ir al grano ('to get to the point') is extremely common in both formal and informal speech. The plural granos often refers to cereals or legumes collectively in a cooking context.

Examples

"Hay que ir al grano y decidir ya."

Natural Translation

We need to get to the point and decide now.

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