hueso

From Spanish hueso, from Old Spanish huesso, from Latin ossum, popular variant of os.

• IPA^(key): /ˈweso/, [ˈwe.so]

hueso

1. (anatomy) bone

Inherited from Old Spanish huesso, from Latin ossum, popular variant of os, ossis, from Proto-Italic *ōs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ (“bone”), *h₂óst.

Compare Catalan os, French os, Interlingua osso, Italian osso, Portuguese osso, Romanian os, Sardinian ossu.

Political sense comes from comparing a dog looking for and defending a bone and a politician searching for a position.

• IPA^(key): /ˈw̝eso/ [ˈw̝e.so]

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  • Syllabification: hue‧so
• IPA^(key): (dialectal) /ˈbweso/ [ˈbwe.so], /ˈɡweso/ [ˈɡwe.so]
• Rhymes: -eso

hueso m (plural huesos)

1. (anatomy) bone

   El perro enterró un hueso.

   The dog buried a bone.

   Los adultos tienen 206 huesos.

   Adults have 206 bones.

2. (botany) stone, pit (the central part of some fruits, consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer (like those of peach, olive, avocado or mango))
3. (politics, Mexico, slang) political position (appointed or elected)
4. (Spain, informal) strict person

• “hueso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014