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"Setas" is a noun which is often translated as "mushroom", and "hongos" is a noun which is also often translated as "mushroom". Learn more about the difference between "setas" and "hongos" below.
la seta(
seh
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tah
)A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
1. (culinary)
a. mushroom
Añade las setas y los tomates a la pasta, y rocíalo todo con vinagre balsámico.Add the mushrooms and the tomatoes to the pasta and sprinkle with balsamic vinegar.
el hongo(
ohng
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goh
)A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
1. (culinary)
a. mushroom
Preparó unos hongos buenísimos para cenar.She cooked some delicious mushrooms for dinner.
2. (botany)
a. mushroom
Todos los años mueren personas por ingerir hongos venenosos.Every year people die from ingesting poisonous mushrooms.
3. (biology)
4. (medicine)
a. fungus
Estos hongos están siempre presentes en nuestras mucosas.These fungi are always present in our mucous membranes.
b. thrush
El dentista me dijo que tengo hongos en la boca.The dentist told me I have thrush in my mouth.
c. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
No es infrecuente tener hongos en los pies si vas mucho a la piscina.It's not uncommon to get athlete's foot if you go to the pool a lot.
Lo más eficaz para los hongos de los pies es seguir un tratamiento simultáneamente oral y tópico.The most effective treatment for athlete's foot is a simultaneous oral and topical treatment.
5. (hat)
a. derby (United States)
Regionalism used in the United States
Mi abuelo siempre lleva un hongo y un moño.My grandfather always wears a derby and a bowtie.
b. bowler (United Kingdom)
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
Hay una obra famosa de un hombre que lleva un hongo.There's a famous painting of a man wearing a bowler.
6. (vulgar) (buttocks) (Uruguay)
A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society.
Regionalism used in Uruguay
a. ass (vulgar) (United States)
A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society.
Regionalism used in the United States
¡Menudo hongo tiene esa chiquita!That chick's ass is something else!
b. arse (vulgar) (United Kingdom)
A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society.
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
¿Viste ese hongo?Look at the arse on her!
