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"Heces" is a form of "heces", a plural noun which is often translated as "feces". "Hez" is a noun which is often translated as "dregs". Learn more about the difference between "heces" and "hez" below.
las heces(
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sehs
)A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
1. (formal) (body waste)
A word or phrase used to refer to the second person formal “usted” by their conjugation or implied context (e.g., usted).
a. feces (United States)
Regionalism used in the United States
Las hemorroides hacían que las heces tuvieran un color rojo vivo.Hemorrhoids made the feces a bright-red color.
b. faeces (United Kingdom)
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
El médico le preguntó al paciente si había notado cambios en el color de su orina y heces.The doctor asked the patient if he had noticed any changes in the color of his urine and faeces.
c. excrement
Por las mañanas, los barrenderos limpiaban las heces de perros de los callejones.In the mornings, the street cleaners would clear up the dog excrement from the alleyways.
la hez
A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
2. (sediment)
3. (literary) (reprehensible people)
A word or phrase restricted in usage to literature or established writing (e.g., sex, once upon a time).
a. scum
Roberto vivió en las calles con los marginados y la hez de la sociedad.Roberto lived on the streets with the outcasts and the scum of society.
b. dregs
A la hez de la clase baja la enviaban al ejército para que sirviera como carne de cañón.The dregs of the lower class were sent off to the army to serve as cannon fodder.
la hez(
ehs
)A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
1. (sediment)
2. (literary) (reprehensible people)
A word or phrase restricted in usage to literature or established writing (e.g., sex, once upon a time).
a. scum
Roberto vivió en las calles con los marginados y la hez de la sociedad.Roberto lived on the streets with the outcasts and the scum of society.
b. dregs
A la hez de la clase baja la enviaban al ejército para que sirviera como carne de cañón.The dregs of the lower class were sent off to the army to serve as cannon fodder.
las heces
A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
3. (formal) (body waste)
A word or phrase used to refer to the second person formal “usted” by their conjugation or implied context (e.g., usted).
a. feces (United States)
Regionalism used in the United States
Las hemorroides hacían que las heces tuvieran un color rojo vivo.Hemorrhoids made the feces a bright-red color.
b. faeces (United Kingdom)
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
El médico le preguntó al paciente si había notado cambios en el color de su orina y heces.The doctor asked the patient if he had noticed any changes in the color of his urine and faeces.
c. excrement
Por las mañanas, los barrenderos limpiaban las heces de perros de los callejones.In the mornings, the street cleaners would clear up the dog excrement from the alleyways.
