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corn(
kawrn
)
noun
1. (botany) (United States) 
a. el maíz (M) 
I bought some multi-colored corn at the farmer's market.Compré maíz multicolor en el mercado agrícola.
Thanks to the sun, the corn is doing well this year.Gracias al sol, el maíz va muy bien este año.
2. (botany) (United Kingdom) 
a. el trigo (M) 
The tall, golden corn waved gently in the breeze.El trigo alto y dorado se mecía suavemente con la brisa.
3. (culinary) 
a. el maíz (M) 
We're going to grill corn and tomatoes for the pasta.Vamos a asar maíz y tomates para la pasta.
b. el elote (M) (Central America) (Mexico) 
I prefer tortillas made of corn to those made of flour.Prefiero las tortillas hechas de elote a las hechas de harina de trigo.
c. el choclo (M) (South America) 
Macarena asked us to buy her some corn so she can make a cake.Macarena pidió que le compráramos choclo para que pueda preparar un pastel.
4. (seed) 
a. el grano (M) 
A few grains of corn were left in the bag.Quedaban unos granos de maiz en la bolsa.
5. (medicine) 
a. el callo (M) 
There are many over-the-counter products available for the treatment of corns.Existen muchos productos que se compran sin receta para tratar los callos.
6. (colloquial) (sentimentalism) 
a. el sensiblería (M) 
How was the movie? - I'm no fan of corn, so I didn't like it.¿Qué tal la película? - No soy fan de la sensiblería, así que a mí no me gustó.
transitive verb
7. (culinary) 
a. poner en salmuera 
The chef is going to corn the beef and then make a hash with it.El chef va a poner la carne en salmuera y luego usarla preparar un guiso.
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corn
Noun
1. (medicine) 
a. el callo (M) 
corn plasterparche para callos
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corn [kɔːn]
noun
1 (Britain) (wheat) trigo (m); (gen term) cereales (m); (US) (maize) maíz (m); (individual grains) granos (m)
2 (sentimentality) sentimentalismo (m); sensiblería (f)
modifier
corn bread (n) (US) pan (m) de maíz
corn exchange (n) bolsa (f) de granos
corn meal (n) (US) harina (f) de maíz
corn oil (n) aceite (m) de maíz
corn on the cob (n) mazorca (f) de maíz; choclo (m); (And) (S. Cone) elote (m); (Méx)
corn poppy (n) amapola (f)
corn [kɔːn]
noun
(Med) callo (m)
to tread on sb's corns (Britain) herir las sensibilidades de algn
modifier
corn plaster (n) emplasto (m) or parche (m) para callos
Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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