colmillo

colmillo
masculine noun
1. canine, eye-tooth (de persona); fang (de perro); tusk (de elefante)
  • enseñar los colmillos (figurative) -> to show one's teeth

colmillo [col-meel’-lyo]
noun
1. Eye tooth, canine-tooth. (m)
2. Fang, the long tusk of a boar or other animal. (m)
  • Mostrar los colmillos -> (Met.) to show spirit and resolution
  • Tener colmillos -> (Mex.) to be long in the tooth
  • Tener el colmillo torcido -> to be an old fox

"colmillo" in the Answers forum

Q: "el colmillo"
A: Sometimes it is what it is. Colmillio is fang or eyetooth.. "Colmillo Blanco," White Fang by Jack London.
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