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This word is often used in the plural in the sense shown in 4).
el hongo(
ohng
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goh
)masculine noun
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
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)
Mi abuelo siempre lleva un hongo y un moño.My grandfather always wears a derby and a bowtie.
b. bowler (United Kingdom)
Hay una obra famosa de un hombre que lleva un hongo.There's a famous painting of a man wearing a bowler.
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