filo
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filo
filo(
fee
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loh
)A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g. el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
1. (weaponry)
a. cutting edge
El herrero aguzó el filo de la espada.The blacksmith sharpened the cutting edge of the sword.
c. edge
El pirata limpió la sangre del filo de su machete.The pirate cleaned off the blood on the edge of his machete.
2. (border)
a. edge
El paciente sufrió graves quemaduras y está al filo de la muerte.The patient suffered severe burns and is on the edge of death.
3. (biology)
a. phylum
¿Sabes a cuál de los filos pertenecen los humanos? - Sí, formamos parte de los cordados porque somos vertebrados.Do you know which phylum humans belong to? - Yes, we're part of the Chordata because we're vertebrates.
4. (geography) (Latin America)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
a. ridge
Los filos estrechos de la cordillera son intransitables en la nieve.The narrow ridges of the mountain range are impassable in the snow.
5. (colloquial) (hunger) (Latin America)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
a. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
¿Tienes algo para comer en el refrigerador? Tengo filo.Do you have anything to eat in the fridge? I'm starving.
Tengo un filo enorme. ¿Podemos ir a cenar a casa de una buena vez?I'm so hungry. Can we go home already and have dinner?
This means that the noun can be masculine or feminine, depending on the gender of person it refers to (e.g. el doctor, la doctora).
6. (colloquial) (partner) (River Plate)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
a. boyfriend (masculine)
Anoche vi al filo de Ana a los besos con una rubia hermosa.Last night I saw Ana's boyfriend hooking up with a beautiful blonde.
b. girlfriend (feminine)
La fila de Roberto no lo deja bailar tango con otras mujeres.Roberto's girlfriend doesn't let him dance tango with other women.
filoNoun
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (borde)
a. (cutting) edge
al filo dejust before
al filo de la medianocheat the stroke of midnight
2. (fig)
a.
de doble filo, de dos filosdouble-edged
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filo
(Biología) phylum
filo
con-man's accomplice (familiar)
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