hueso

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bone

∗ noun

hueso
masculine noun
1 bone (del cuerpo)
  • acabar o dar con sus huesos en (informal figurative) -> to end up in
  • calarse hasta los huesos (informal figurative) -> to get soaked to the skin
  • estar en los huesos (informal figurative) -> to be all skin and bones
  • no poder con sus huesos (informal figurative) -> to be ready to drop, to be exhausted
  • ser un hueso duro de roer (informal figurative) -> to be a hard nut to crack
  • hueso de santo (cooking) -> = small marzipan roll filled with egg yolk
2 stone (de fruto) (British) , pit (United States)
  • aceitunas sin hueso -> pitted olives
3 very strict person (informal) (persona) ; difficult subject (asignatura)
4 (informal)
  • la sin hueso -> the tongue
5 contacts, influence (informal) (enchufe) (Mexican Spanish) ; cushy job (trabajo fácil)

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hueso [oo-ay’-so]
noun
1 Bone. (m)
  • Hueso de la alegría -> funny bone
  • Sin hueso -> boneless
  • Estar en los huesos -> to be nothing but skin and bones
2 Stone, core, the case which contains the seeds and kernels of fruit. (m)
3 The part of a limestone which remains unburnt in the kiln. (m)
4 Anything which produces more pain than profit. (m)
5 Any useless or unprofitable thing. (m)
6 Piece of ground of little value and bad quality. (m)
7 Hard work (trabajo); stumbling block (obstáculo). (m)
8 Very strict person (persona). (m)
  • Su profesor es un hueso -> his teacher is terribly strict

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hueso
sustantivo:masculino
1 (Anatomía) bone
sin hueso boneless; una blusa de color hueso an off-white blouse
dar con los huesos en
dio con sus huesos en la cárcel he landed ended up in jail;o
estar calado empapado hasta los huesoso to be soaked to the skin
estar en los huesos to be nothing but skin and bone
estar por los huesos de algn (familiar) to be crazy about sb; (familiar)
no dejar hueso sano a algn to pull sb to pieces
pinchar en hueso (familiar) to come up against a brick wall
ser un saco de huesos (familiar) to be a bag of bones; (familiar)
la sin hueso (familiar) the tongue
darle a la sin hueso (familiar) to talk a lot
irse de la sin hueso soltar la sin hueso (familiar) to shoot one's mouth off; (familiar)
tener los huesos molidos to be dog-tired
hueso de santo filled roll of marzipan
2 (Botánica) stone; pit; (EEUU)
aceitunas sin hueso pitted olives
ser un hueso (familiar)
las matemáticas son un hueso maths is a nightmare; su profesor es un hueso her teacher is terribly strict
ser un hueso duro de roer (familiar) to be a hard nut to crack
3 (Centroamérica) (México) (sinecura) government job; sinecure; (puesto cómodo) soft job
4 (And) mule
ser hueso to be stingy
5
hueso colorado (México) strong northerly wind

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