hueso

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Etymology

From Spanish hueso, from Old Spanish huesso, from Latin ossum, popular variant of os.

Pronunciation

Noun

hueso

  1. (anatomy) bone

Spanish

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish huesso, from Latin ossum, popular variant of os, ossis, from Proto-Italic *ōs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ (“bone”), *h₂óst.

Compare Catalan os, French os, Interlingua osso, Italian osso, Portuguese osso, Romanian os, Sardinian ossu.

Political sense comes from comparing a dog looking for and defending a bone and a politician searching for a position.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈw̝eso/
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  • IPA(key): (dialectal) /ˈbweso/ , /ˈɡweso/
  • Rhymes: -eso
  • Syllabification: hue‧so

Noun

hueso m (plural huesos)

  1. (anatomy) bone
    El perro enterró un hueso.
    The dog buried a bone.
    Los adultos tienen 206 huesos.
    Adults have 206 bones.
  2. (botany) stone, pit (the central part of some fruits, consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer (like those of peach, olive, avocado or mango))
  3. (politics, Mexico, slang) political position (appointed or elected)
  4. (Spain, informal) strict person

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