cuerno

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horn

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cuerno
masculine noun
1horn (de animal); antler (de ciervo); horn, feeler (de caracol)
  • mandar al cuerno a alguien (informal) -> to send somebody packing
  • poner cuernos a alguien (informal) -> to be unfaithful to somebody; to cuckold somebody (a un hombre)
  • el cuerno de África (geography) -> the Horn of Africa

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cuerno [coo-err’-no]
noun
1Horn, the horn of quadrupeds. (m)
2Feeler, the horn or antenna of insects. (m)
3Horn, pointed end of the moon. (m)
4A button at the end of a rod about which a manuscript was rolled. (m)
5A huntsman’s horn. (m)
6A spur or outgrowth resembling a horn. (Botany) (m)
7An outrigger. (Nautical) (m)
8A disease of horses, occurring below where the saddle rests; callosity, presumably. (Veterinary) (m)
9Cuerno de ciervo, hart’s horn. (m)
  • Verse en los cuernos del toro -> to be in the most imminent danger
  • Poner los cuernos -> to cuckold: applied to a wife who wrongs her husband by unchastity
  • Saber a cuerno quemado -> to be suspicious
  • Irse al cuerno -> to fail, to fall through
  • Mandar a uno al cuerno -> to tell somebody to go to hell
  • Mandar algo al cuerno -> to consign something to hell

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cuerno
sustantivo:masculino
1 (Zoología) horn; [de ciervo] antler
el Cuerno de África the Horn of Africa; ¡cuerno(s)! gosh!; (familiar) blimey!; (muy_familiar)
¡(y) un cuerno! my foot!; you must be joking!
coger al toro por los cuernos to take the bull by the horns
estar en los cuernos (del toro) to be in a jam; (familiar)
irse al cuerno [+negocio] to fail; go to the wall; (familiar) [+proyecto] to fall through
¡que se vaya al cuerno! he can go to hell!
mandar a algn al cuerno to tell sb to go to hell; (familiar)
mandar algo al cuerno to consign sth to hell
poner los cuernos a algn to cheat on sb; cuckold sb; (anticuado)
romperse los cuernos to break one's back working; work one's butt off; (EEUU) (familiar)
¡así te rompas los cuernos! I hope you break your neck!
saber a cuerno quemado
esto me sabe a cuerno quemado it makes my blood boil
cuerno de la abundancia horn of plenty
2 (Culin) roll; croissant
3 (Mil) wing
4 (Música) horn
cuerno alpino alpenhorn

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