"cuello" meaning in Spanish

See cuello in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkweʝo/, [ˈkwe.ʝo], /ˈkweʝo/, [ˈkwe.ʝo], /ˈkweʎo/, [ˈkwe.ʎo], /ˈkweʃo/, [ˈkwe.ʃo], /ˈkweʒo/, [ˈkwe.ʒo] Forms: cuellos [plural]
Rhymes: -eʝo, -eʝo (most of Spain and Latin America), -eʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines), -eʃo (Buenos Aires and environs), -eʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der.? Latin collum Old Spanish cuello Spanish cuello Inherited from Old Spanish cuello, from Latin collum. Cognate with English collar, French cou, Italian collo, Galician and Portuguese colo. Etymology templates: {{etymon|es|:inh|osp:cuello<id:neck>|id=neck|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der.? Latin collum Old Spanish cuello Spanish cuello, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|osp|cuello|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Spanish cuello, {{inh+|es|osp|cuello}} Inherited from Old Spanish cuello, {{inh|es|la|collum}} Latin collum, {{lg|Cognate}} Cognate, {{cog|en|collar}} English collar, {{cog|fr|cou}} French cou, {{cog|it|collo}} Italian collo, {{cog|gl,pt|colo}} Galician and Portuguese colo Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} cuello m (plural cuellos)
  1. neck (part of body connecting the head and the torso) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cuello-es-noun-AzZUz9qM Categories (other): Pages with etymology trees, Spanish entries with etymology trees, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Anatomy Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 31 32 25 11 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology trees: 66 34 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 68 32
  2. collar (part of a shirt fitting around the neck) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cuello-es-noun-sQnG180L Categories (other): Pages with etymology trees, Clothing Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 31 32 25 11 Disambiguation of Clothing: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: collar, cogote

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "a voz en cuello"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "acollar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "alzacuello"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "collalba"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "con el agua al cuello"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cuelliblanco"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cuelligrís"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cuellilargo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cuellinegro"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cuellirrojo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cuello alto"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cuello de botella"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cuello de cisne"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cuello de pajarita"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cuello del útero"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cuello uterino"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cuello vuelto"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hasta el cuello"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "levantar el cuello"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "meter cuello"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tiracuello"
    }
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      "raw_tags": [
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      "word": "kuwelyo"
    },
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      "lang_code": "ceb",
      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "kwelyo"
    },
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      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
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        "4": "",
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      },
      "expansion": "English collar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "cou"
      },
      "expansion": "French cou",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "collo"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian collo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "gl,pt",
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      },
      "expansion": "Galician and Portuguese colo",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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  "hyphenation": [
    "cue‧llo"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "cue‧llo"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
  ],
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          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "66 34",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        }
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        }
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      ],
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        [
          "collar",
          "collar"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkweʝo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkwe.ʝo]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkweʝo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkwe.ʝo]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkweʎo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkwe.ʎo]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkweʃo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkwe.ʃo]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkweʒo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkwe.ʒo]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eʝo"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eʝo (most of Spain and Latin America)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cuello"
}
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    "Rhymes:Spanish/eʎo",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/eʎo/2 syllables",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/eʒo",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/eʒo/2 syllables",
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    "Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Spanish terms with audio pronunciation",
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      "word": "a voz en cuello"
    },
    {
      "word": "acollar"
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      "word": "alzacuello"
    },
    {
      "word": "collalba"
    },
    {
      "word": "con el agua al cuello"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuelliblanco"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuelligrís"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuellilargo"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuellinegro"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuellirrojo"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuello alto"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuello de botella"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuello de cisne"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuello de pajarita"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuello del útero"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuello uterino"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuello vuelto"
    },
    {
      "word": "hasta el cuello"
    },
    {
      "word": "levantar el cuello"
    },
    {
      "word": "meter cuello"
    },
    {
      "word": "tiracuello"
    }
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      "expansion": "English collar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "French cou",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "1": "it",
        "2": "collo"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian collo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      },
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  "forms": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  ],
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "collar"
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    }
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          "neck"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
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      ],
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈkweʝo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkwe.ʝo]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkweʝo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkwe.ʝo]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkweʎo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkwe.ʎo]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkweʃo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkwe.ʃo]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkweʒo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkwe.ʒo]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eʝo"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eʝo (most of Spain and Latin America)"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-eʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-eʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cuello"
}

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