tusa

f.

1 the corn-cob (mazorca). (America)

2 cigarette covered with the finest husk of the corn. (Cuba)

3 Horse's name. (Southern Cone)

4 clipping. (Southern Cone)

5 pockmark (hoyo). (Andes)

6 whore (puta). (Central America & Caribbean)

7 corncob.

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SF

1) And, CAm, Caribe [de maíz] (=mazorca) cob of maize, corncob; [sin grano] corn husk, maize husk; Caribe (=cigarro) cigar rolled in a maize leaf ; Cono Sur (=seda) corn silk

2) Cono Sur (=crin) horse's mane

3) Cono Sur (=esquileo) clipping, shearing

4) And [de viruela] pockmark

5) And * (=susto) fright; (=inquietud) anxiety

6) CAm, Caribe (=mujerzuela) whore

7)

- no vale ni una tusa

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femenino

1) (Col, Ven) corncob (stripped of its kernels)

2) (Chi) (de un caballo) mane

hasta la tusa — (fam) fed up to the back teeth

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femenino

1) (Col, Ven) corncob (stripped of its kernels)

2) (Chi) (de un caballo) mane

hasta la tusa — (fam) fed up to the back teeth

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tusa

feminine

A (Col) corncob (stripped of its kernels)

B (Chi) (de un caballo) mane

hasta la tusa (fam); fed up to the back teeth

me tiene hasta la tusa con esa cancioncita I've had it up to here with that stupid little song (colloq), I'm fed up to the back teeth with that stupid little song (colloq)

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tusa nf

1. CAm, Carib, Col [mazorca] maize husk, US cornhusk

2. Andes, Cuba [cigarro] cigar rolled in a maize husk o US cornhusk

3. Chile [crines] mane

4. Col [de viruela] pockmark

5. CAm [prostituta] prostitute

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tusa nf

: corn husk