La Palabra del Día : el hígado
el hígado - (noun) liver
Idioms
*Echar los hígados* - To nearly kill oneself/To be fatigued
*Tener hígados* - To have guts/heart
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No tengo hígados para hacer puenting.
I don't have the guts to do bungee jumping.

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No tengo hígados para hablar con hablantes nativos de español.
I do not have the guts to speak with native Spanish speakers.
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A quien le guste el hígado, que se lo coma.
There's no accounting for taste. (Let those who like liver, eat it.)
I totally understand this idiom, I would have to be starving before I could bring myself to eat liver.
Liver sandwiches taste awful.
sándwiches de higado tienen mal sabor.
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Hígado con exceso de alcohol. A liver with alcohol excess.
A causa de las lesiones crónicas del alcoholismo, el cual causa una pérdida constante y prolongada del parénquima, sin la proliferación compensatoria necesaria. En consecuencia, el parénquima hepático es reemplazado por tejido fibroso y acúmulos de grasa, produciendo así cirrosis.
Caused by chronic lesion from alcoholism, which causes a constant and prolonged lost of parenchyma, without the necessary compensatory proliferation. In consequence, the hepatic parenchyma is substituted by fibrous tissue and fat accumulations, producing cirrhoses.
Si quieres conseguir algo necesitas trabajar más. Y también, es muy importante tener hígados a hacerlo
If you want to achieve something you need to work harder. And also, it's very important to have the guts to do it.
Tiene hígados para ser bombero.
It takes alot of guts to be a firefighter.

Mi madre luchó para que yo comiera el hígado, y mi esposa se lucha también.
My Mother struggled to get me to eat liver, and my Wife will struggle too.


¡Cuándo era niña tenía que tomar el aciete de hígado de bacalao diariamente! When I was a child I had to (was forced to) eat codlive oil every day.
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My grandfather used to eat liver sandwiches.
Mi abuelo usó comer sándwiches de hígado. (could solía be used here as well?)

Al parecer, se puede tomar hígado para sanar el hígado!
It appears you can take liver to cure the liver!

Salmón aceite de hígado es más suave que el aceite de hígado de bacalao y causa menos eructos. Salmon liver oil is milder than cod liver oil and causes less burping.

El hígado es malvado él debe ser castigado.
The liver is evil it must be punished.
And I punished mine last night! ![]()
Para participar en algunas fraternidades, los estudiantes deben comer una pizza con hígado picado crudo.
To join some fraternities, students must eat a pizza with uncooked chopped liver.

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A algunas personas les gustan higado y cebollas. A mí no.
Some people like liver and onions. I don't.

