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Esperanto
Etymology
From German Brust (“chest”). Cognate with Yiddish ברוסט (brust, “breast”).
Pronunciation
Noun
brusto (accusative singular bruston, plural brustoj, accusative plural brustojn)
- (anatomy) breast; chest
1907, Henri Vallienne, chapter 18, in Kastelo de Prelongo:Ŝi apogis sian kapon sur la bruston de Gastono.- She leaned her head on Gastono's chest.
Usage notes
Brusto refers exclusively to the external section of the abdomen corresponding to the chest cavity. For a woman's mammary glands (the bosoms), the correct word is mamo(j).
Swedish
Verb
brusto
- (pre-1940) plural past indicative of brista