hueso

== Chavacano == === Etymology === From Spanish hueso, from Old Spanish huesso, from Latin ossum, popular variant of os. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈweso/, [ˈwe.so] === Noun === hueso (anatomy) bone == Spanish == === Alternative forms === (dialectal) vueso, güeso === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈw̝eso/ [ˈw̝e.so] IPA(key): (dialectal) /ˈbweso/ [ˈbwe.so], /ˈɡweso/ [ˈɡwe.so] Rhymes: -eso Syllabification: hue‧so === Noun === hueso m (plural huesos) (anatomy) bone (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)) (politics, Mexico, slang) political position (appointed or elected) (Spain, informal) strict person ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “hueso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025