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piercing

piercing

noun PEER-seeng Rare
Body & Health Appearance

Origin: English loanword.

Usage Note

Piercing is an English borrowing used unchanged in Spanish — invariable plural los piercings — referring to body piercing jewellery or the act of piercing. It is marked masculine by convention (el piercing) as with most uninflected English nouns in Spanish.

Examples

"Lleva un piercing en la nariz."

Natural Translation

She wears a nose piercing.

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