What does osso in Italian mean?
What is the meaning of the word osso in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use osso in Italian.
The word osso in Italian means bone, bone, pit, stone, be down to the bone, be a tough cookie, sliced veal shank, whale bone, cuttlebone, tough nut to crack; hard nut, parietal bone, sacrum, tailbone, lose your life doing, risk your neck, break your neck, break your collarbone, cough up the bone, a hard nut to crack. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word osso
bonesostantivo maschile (dello scheletro) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Lo scheletro umano ha 206 ossa. The human skeleton has 206 bones. |
bonesostantivo maschile (della carne) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Tieni da parte l'osso della bistecca per il cane Put the bone from the steak aside for the dog. |
pit, stonesostantivo maschile (frutto: nocciolo) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Il bambino ha sputato l'osso della ciliegia. The child spat out the cherry stone. |
be down to the bone
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be a tough cookie
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sliced veal shank(Italian cooking) |
whale bone
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cuttlebone
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tough nut to crack; hard nutsostantivo maschile (figurato: persona o situazione (difficile da convincere o da risolvere) (idiomatic) Paolo è un osso duro: non sarà facile convincerlo. Paolo is a hard nut: it will not be easy to persuade him. |
parietal bone
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sacrum, tailbonesostantivo maschile (anatomia) (anatomy) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) |
lose your life doing
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risk your neck
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break your neck
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break your collarbone
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cough up the bone
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a hard nut to crack
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