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hígado

liver

noun EE-gah-doh Rare

Origin: from Latin ficatum (liver of a fig-fed animal), via Vulgar Latin

Usage Note

Hígado is both the anatomical organ and the culinary ingredient (hígado encebollado = liver and onions). The expression tener hígados means to have guts or nerve. Note the stress on the first syllable — a proparoxytone — so the accent mark is required.

Examples

"El médico revisó mi hígado en el análisis."

Natural Translation

The doctor checked my liver in the analysis.

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