taba
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USAGE NOTE
This word is often used in the plural in the sense shown in #2).
la taba(
tah
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bah
)A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
1. (anatomy)
a. ankle bone
El podólogo vio en la radiografía que la taba del paciente estaba quebrada.The podiatrist saw on the X-ray that the patient's ankle bone was fractured.
2. (game)
b. jackstones (old-fashioned) (plural) (United States)
A word or phrase that is seldom used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another decade, (e.g., cat, groovy).
Regionalism used in the United States
No conozco las reglas del juego de las tabas. ¿Cómo se juega?I don't know the rules of the game jackstones. How do you play?
c. knucklebones (plural)
Antiguamente se jugaba con tabas procedentes de animales.It used to be that they played with real knucklebones from animals.
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