Spanish Conversation · Level 74
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Spanish word
hueso
Pronunciation
IPA/ˈweso/
Meaning
- masculine nounbone
Example
Se me rompió el hueso del brazo.
The bone in my arm broke.
More examples
La sopa ganó sabor al cocer los huesos de pollo.
The soup gained flavor by cooking the chicken bones.
Core concept
Rigid internal element of a vertebrate skeleton.
Common phrases
hueso de pollo
chicken bone
hueso de melocotón
peach pit
fractura de hueso
bone fracture
Similar words
costilla: One of the curved ribs that forms the ribcage and helps shield the heart and lungs.
esqueleto: Arrangement of all the bones in the body forming the skeletal framework.
articulación: Connection between bones that permits movement and bears load during motion.
fractura: Condition in which a bone is cracked or broken, interrupting its continuity.
Definition in Spanish
Tejido duro y mineralizado que forma y sostiene el esqueleto de los vertebrados; por extensión, la parte dura y central de algunos frutos, como el melocotón.
Word origin
Derived from Latin os, ossis via Vulgar Latin *ossu and Old Spanish ueso/ueso, preserving the anatomical sense of a supporting, hard part.
Usage tips
- In culinary and butchery contexts con hueso means the cut includes the bone while sin hueso means boneless.
Other meanings
- pitnoun
Related words
- deshuesardeboneverb
- deshuesadodebonedadjective
- huesudobonyadjective