ombligo

navel

noun ohm-BLEE-goh Rare

Origin: From Latin umbilicus (navel).

Also means

belly button

Usage Note

Ombligo is the standard word for the navel or belly button in Spanish. The idiom mirarse el ombligo ('to stare at one's navel') means to be self-absorbed or navel-gazing. El ombligo del mundo ('the navel of the world') is used to describe a place or person that considers itself the centre of everything, often with irony.

Examples

"El bebé tenía el ombligo todavía cicatrizando."

Natural Translation

The baby's navel was still healing.

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