hongo
hongo
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. (botany)
a. toadstool (inedible)
Todos los años mueren personas por ingerir hongos venenosos.Every year, people die after eating toadstools.
2. (culinary)
a. mushroom
Preparó unos hongos buenísimos para cenar.She cooked some delicious mushrooms for dinner.
3. (biology)
4. (hat)
5. (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.
¿Viste ese hongo?Look at the arse on her!
hongoadjectiveNoun
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
1. (general)
a.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
2. (biology)
a. fungus
3. (comestible) (Latin America)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
a. mushroom
4. (no comestible)
a. toadstool
hongosfungus, fungal infection
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Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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