What does hueso in Spanish mean?

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

The word hueso in Spanish means bone, stone, pit, bone-coloured, easy job, cushy job, hard nut, hard case, hard work, come off it, chew the fat, flesh and blood, in the flesh, face-to-face, scaphoid bone, sphenoid bone, ethmoid bone, frontal bone, hip bone, zygomatic bone, malar bone, maxilla bone, occipital bone, orbital bone, parietal bone, penile bone, penis bone, sacrum, temporal bone. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word hueso

bone

nombre masculino (parte del esqueleto)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Mi primo se rompió un hueso jugando fútbol americano.
My cousin broke a bone playing football.

stone, pit

nombre masculino (fruta: semilla dura) (fruit)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Me comí todo el mango; sólo quedó el hueso.
I ate the whole mango, and the only thing left was the pit.

bone-coloured

adjetivo de una sola terminación (color: blanco amarillento) (UK)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
La novia llevaba un precioso vestido color hueso.
The bride wore a beautiful, bone-coloured dress.

easy job, cushy job

nombre masculino (AmC, MX: coloquial (trabajo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Consiguió un hueso en el gobierno; empieza a trabajar la próxima semana.
He got a cushy job in the government and he starts next week.

hard nut, hard case

nombre masculino (persona difícil) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El profesor es un hueso; suspende a casi todos sus alumnos.
The teacher is a hard case; he sends most of his students to detention.

hard work

nombre masculino (asunto difícil)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Esta tarea es un hueso; no sé cómo me la voy a sacar de las manos. La química siempre ha sido un hueso para mí.
This homework is hard work! I don't know now I'm going to get it done.

come off it

expresión (coloquial (no te creo en absoluto) (UK)

(interjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!")
¿No fuiste a mi fiesta de cumpleaños porque tu abuela se enfermó? A otro perro con ese hueso.
You didn't come to my birthday party because your grandma fell ill? Come off it!

chew the fat

locución verbal (coloquial (parlotear, charlar) (colloquial)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Las dos amigas le dieron a la sin hueso durante toda la tarde.
ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. That boy never stops: he could talk the hind leg off a donkey.

flesh and blood

locución adjetiva (vivo, real)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Los niños se quedaron boquiabiertos porque nunca habían visto un elefante de carne y hueso.
The children were dumbfounded because they had never seen a flesh and blood elephant before.

in the flesh, face-to-face

locución adverbial (personalmente)

(adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down.")
Antes de morir, el viejo tuvo la oportunidad de ver en carne y hueso a su escritor favorito.
Before he died, the old man had the opportunity to see his favourite writer in the flesh.

scaphoid bone

(hueso de la muñeca)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Mi hijo se lastimó el hueso escafoides al caer de la bici.
My son hurt his scaphoid bone when he fell off his bike.

sphenoid bone

nombre masculino (del cráneo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El hueso esfenoides está en la base del cráneo.

ethmoid bone

nombre masculino (del cráneo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El hueso etmoides es corto y compacto.

frontal bone

nombre masculino (hueso de la cabeza) (anatomy)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Se dio un golpe en la parte superior del cráneo y se fisuró el hueso frontal.
The upper part of his skull took a knock and his frontal bone cracked.

hip bone

nombre masculino (coxal o ilíaco)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El hueso innominado hace parte de la cadera.

zygomatic bone, malar bone

nombre masculino (cigomático)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Me dio un golpe en el hueso malar.

maxilla bone

nombre masculino (de la cara)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Se le dislocó el hueso maxilar.

occipital bone

nombre masculino (del cráneo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El hueso occipital está en la parte posterior.

orbital bone

nombre masculino (del ojo) (category)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Se dio un golpe en el hueso orbital.

parietal bone

nombre masculino (del cráneo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El hueso parietal tiene forma de cuadrado.

penile bone, penis bone

(hueso del pene)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Muchos mamíferos tienen hueso peniano.

sacrum

nombre masculino (de la pelvis)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Me caí y me lastimé el hueso sacro.

temporal bone

nombre masculino (del cráneo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El hueso temporal está en los laterales del cráneo.
The temporal bone is located on the sides of the cranium.

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