cardo

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cardo
masculine noun
1thistle (planta)
  • cardo borriquero -> cotton thistle
2ugly mug (informal) (persona) (fea) (peninsular Spanish); prickly customer (arisca)

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cardo [car’-do]
noun
1Thistle, a genus of plants. (Botany) (m)
  • Cardo silvestr -> or borriqueño; (Bot.) Spear-plume thistle
  • Cardo de comer -> cardon artichoke
  • Cardo alcachofero -> garden artichoke
  • Cardo santo -> blessed thistle, centaury, holy thistle, carduus benedictus
  • Cardo de burr -> or crespo, curled thistle
  • Cardo lecher -> or cardo mariano, milk thistle
  • Más áspero que un cardo -> rougher than a thistle (personas)

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cardo
sustantivo:masculino
thistle
es un cardo (familiar) (insociable) he's a prickly customer; (familiar) (feo) he's as ugly as sin; (familiar)

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