- riñón
- m.kidney.* * *riñón► nombre masculino1 kidney2 figurado (interior, centro) centre (US center), heart► nombre masculino plural riñones1 kidneys2 familiar (espalda) small of the back sing, back sing■ me duelen los riñones my back hurts\FRASEOLOGÍAcostar un riñón familiar to cost a bomb, cost an arm and a legtener el riñón bien forrado / tener el riñón bien cubierto familiar to be well offtener riñones familiar to have gutsriñón artificial kidney machine* * *noun m.kidney* * *SM1) (Anat) (=órgano) kidney
me duelen los riñones — my lower back hurts
riñón artificial — artificial kidney
2) (=centro) heart, coreen el riñón de Castilla — in the very heart of Castile
* * *masculinoa) (Anat) kidneycostar un riñón — (Esp fam) to cost an arm and a leg (colloq)
b) (Coc) kidneyc) riñones masculino plural (fam) (espalda baja) lower part of the back, kidneys (pl)me duelen los riñones — my back hurts
* * *= kidney.Ex. All the phenomena within this facet, -- heart, liver, lungs, brain, kidneys etc -- share this characteristic in common.----* cáncer del riñón = kidney cancer.* costar un riñón = cost + an arm and a leg, cost + the earth, pay through + the nose, cost + a fortune.* transplante de riñón = kidney transplant.* valer un riñón = cost + an arm and a leg, cost + the earth, cost + a fortune.* * *masculinoa) (Anat) kidneycostar un riñón — (Esp fam) to cost an arm and a leg (colloq)
b) (Coc) kidneyc) riñones masculino plural (fam) (espalda baja) lower part of the back, kidneys (pl)me duelen los riñones — my back hurts
* * *= kidney.Ex: All the phenomena within this facet, -- heart, liver, lungs, brain, kidneys etc -- share this characteristic in common.
* cáncer del riñón = kidney cancer.* costar un riñón = cost + an arm and a leg, cost + the earth, pay through + the nose, cost + a fortune.* transplante de riñón = kidney transplant.* valer un riñón = cost + an arm and a leg, cost + the earth, cost + a fortune.* * *riñónmasculine1 (Anat) kidneycostar un riñón (Esp fam); to cost an arm and a leg (colloq)tener el riñón bien cubierto (fam); to be well-heeled (colloq)2 (Coc) kidneyriñones al jerez kidneys in sherry sauce3 riñones mpl (fam) (espalda baja) lower part of the back, kidneys (pl)me duelen los riñones my back hurtsCompuesto:riñón artificialartificial kidney* * *
riñón sustantivo masculinoa) (Anat) kidneyb) (Coc) kidneyc)◊ riñones sustantivo masculino plural (fam) (espalda baja) lower part of the back, kidneys (pl)
riñón sustantivo masculino
1 Anat kidney
riñón artificial, artificial kidney
2 riñones, fam (parte baja de la espalda) me duelen los riñones, my back aches
♦ Locuciones: familiar costar/valer un riñón, to cost/to be worth a fortune
'riñón' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
operación
- piedra
- sacar
English:
condition
- kidney
- kidney shaped
- kidney bean
* * *riñón nm1. [órgano] kidney;CompFamcostar un riñón to cost a fortune;CompFamtener el riñón bien cubierto to be well-heeled;CompFamvaler un riñón to be worth a fortuneCompriñón artificial kidney machine2.riñones [región lumbar] lower back;dolor de riñones lower back pain* * *riñónm ANAT kidney;dolor de riñones back pain;costar un riñón fam cost an arm and a leg fam ;tener el riñón bien cubierto fig be well-heeled* * *riñón nm, pl riñones : kidney* * *riñón n kidneycostar un riñón to cost an arm and a leg [pt. & pp. cost]
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.