tuétano

m.

marrow, bone marrow.

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tuétano

► nombre masculino

1 marrow

2 figurado essence, core

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FRASEOLOGÍA

calado,-a hasta los tuétanos / mojado,-a hasta los tuétanos figurado soaked to the skin

hasta los tuétanos figurado through and through

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SM

1) (=médula) marrow, squash (EEUU)

- hasta los tuétanos

mojarse hasta los tuétanos — to get soaked to the skin

enamorado hasta los tuétanos — head over heels in love

2) (=meollo) core, essence

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masculino marrow

estar 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

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= 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.

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masculino marrow

estar 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

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= 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.

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tuétano

masculine

marrow

estar mojado hasta el tuétano or los tuétanos to be soaked to the skin

hasta el tuétano or los tuétanos: son vascos hasta los tuétanos they are Basques through and through

estaba enamorado hasta el tuétano de ella he was head over heels in love with her

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tuétano sustantivo masculino
marrow
tuétano m (de un hueso) bone marrow
'tuétano' also found in these entries:
English:
bone marrow
- marrow

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tuétano nm

1. [del hueso] (bone) marrow

2. [meollo] crux, heart;

Comp

hasta 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

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tuétano

m

:

hasta los tuétanos fig through and through

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tuétano nm

: marrow