What does brazo in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word brazo in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use brazo in Spanish.

The word brazo in Spanish means arm, arm, front leg, foreleg, arm, branch, boom, lift arm, jib, go arm in arm with, militant branch, militant wing, loading arm, boom, right-hand man, numb arm, executing arm, executive arm, political wing, give in, give up, fight hard, not want for anything, not budge an inch. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word brazo

arm

nombre masculino (extremidad superior del hombre)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Tiene una herida en el brazo.
He has a wound on his arm.

arm

nombre masculino (soporte lateral de un sillón) (chair)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
No te sientes en el brazo que lo romperás.
Don't sit on the arm, you'll break it.

front leg, foreleg

nombre masculino (pata delantera) (of a quadruped)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El caballo cojea del brazo derecho.
The horse is limping on its right foreleg.

arm, branch

nombre masculino (adorno de lámpara)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Quiero comprarme un candelabro de siete brazos.
I want to buy a candelabrum with seven arms.

boom, lift arm, jib

nombre masculino (palanca) (crane)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El brazo de la grúa levantó el coche.
The tow truck's jib raised the car.

go arm in arm with

locución verbal (ir codo con codo con) (literal)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

militant branch, militant wing

locución nominal masculina (grupo de personas armadas) (politics)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Los ladrones serán perseguidos por el brazo armado de la ley.

loading arm

locución nominal masculina (dispositivo mecánico)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La constructora tiene varios brazos de carga.
The builder has various loading arms.

boom

(pluma)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El brazo de la grúa levanta objetos pesados para su traslado.
The boom lifts heavy objects to move them.

right-hand man

locución nominal masculina (persona de confianza) (be invaluable)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
María es el brazo derecho del jefe. El presidente le encargó la difícil tarea a su brazo derecho.

numb arm

(coloquial (sin sensación)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Siempre me despierto con el brazo dormido por culpa de mi mala postura al dormir.
I always wake up with a numb arm because of my bad sleeping position.

executing arm, executive arm

locución nominal masculina (quien lleva algo a cabo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Nuestro equipo, brazo ejecutor del plan de innovación, está conformado por especialistas de diversas áreas.
Our team, the executing arm of the innovation project, is composed of specialists from several areas.

political wing

locución nominal masculina (grupo de personas)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El país tiene varios brazos políticos organizados.

give in, give up

locución verbal (coloquial (ceder, acceder)

(phrasal verb, intransitive: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning and not taking direct object--for example, "make up" [=reconcile]: "After they fought, they made up.")
En una pareja hay que saber dar el brazo a torcer.
When in a relationship, you need to know when to give in.

fight hard

locución verbal (con todas las fuerzas)

Los hombres lucharon a brazo partido durante la batalla.
The men fought hard during the battle.

not want for anything

locución verbal (figurado (traer recursos al nacer)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Mi abuela dice que los niños nacen con un pan bajo el brazo y que no hay que preocuparse mucho por el dinero antes de tenerlos.
My grandmother says that children do not want for anything and that there's no need to worry about money before having them.

not budge an inch

locución verbal (coloquial (no sucumbir)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
El jefe no dio el brazo a torcer y no le dio el aumento a Martín.
ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Don't let Juan twist your arm and make you go somewhere you don't want to go.

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