muslo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *mūsclus, from Latin mūsculus (“muscle”). Doublet of the borrowed músculo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmuslo/ [ˈmus.lo]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -uslo
  • Syllabification: mus‧lo

Noun

muslo m (plural muslos)

  1. (anatomy) thigh (upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee)
    Synonym: (Chile) tuto

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