- tuétano
- m.marrow, bone marrow.* * *tuétano► nombre masculino1 marrow2 figurado essence, core\FRASEOLOGÍAcalado,-a hasta los tuétanos / mojado,-a hasta los tuétanos figurado soaked to the skinhasta los tuétanos figurado through and through* * *SM1) (=médula) marrow, squash (EEUU)
mojarse hasta los tuétanos — to get soaked to the skin
enamorado hasta los tuétanos — head over heels in love
2) (=meollo) core, essence* * *masculino marrowestar mojado hasta el tuétano or los tuétanos — to be soaked to the skin
hasta el tuétano or los tuétanos — through and through
estaba enamorado hasta el tuétano de ella — he was head over heels in love with her
* * *= bone marrow, marrow.Ex. College students were surveyed regarding the moral obligation to save someone's life by donating bone marrow.Ex. Platonic psychology considers the constitutive principle of the body to be the marrow.* * *masculino marrowestar mojado hasta el tuétano or los tuétanos — to be soaked to the skin
hasta el tuétano or los tuétanos — through and through
estaba enamorado hasta el tuétano de ella — he was head over heels in love with her
* * *= bone marrow, marrow.Ex: College students were surveyed regarding the moral obligation to save someone's life by donating bone marrow.
Ex: Platonic psychology considers the constitutive principle of the body to be the marrow.* * *tuétanomasculinemarrowestar mojado hasta el tuétano or los tuétanos to be soaked to the skinhasta el tuétano or los tuétanos: son vascos hasta los tuétanos they are Basques through and throughestaba enamorado hasta el tuétano de ella he was head over heels in love with her* * *
tuétano sustantivo masculino
marrow
tuétano m (de un hueso) bone marrow
'tuétano' also found in these entries:
English:
bone marrow
- marrow
* * *tuétano nm1. [del hueso] (bone) marrow2. [meollo] crux, heart;Comphasta el tuétano o [m5]los tuétanos to the core;es catalán hasta el tuétano he's Catalan through and through, he's Catalan to the core;se comprometió con el proyecto hasta los tuétanos he put his heart and soul into the project;mojado hasta los tuétanos soaked through o to the skin* * *tuétanom:hasta los tuétanos fig through and through* * *tuétano nm: marrow
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.