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hueso

bone

noun WEH-soh Less Common

Origin: From Latin os, ossis.

Also means

pit (of fruit)

Usage Note

Hueso covers both the anatomical bone and the hard stone or pit of a fruit (hueso de melocotón, peach pit). The expression ser un hueso duro de roer (to be a tough nut to crack) is very common. Hueso is masculine, and its plural huesos is regular.

Examples

"El perro enterró el hueso en el jardín."

Natural Translation

The dog buried the bone in the garden.

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