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cuerno

horn

noun KWEHR-noh Rare
Animals & Nature Wild Animals

Also means

antler

Usage Note

Cuerno is the horn of an animal (cuernos de toro = bull's horns) or a musical horn instrument. It appears in the exclamation ¡cuernos! (a mild expletive of surprise) and in the idiom poner los cuernos a alguien (to cheat on someone / to cuckold), making it important to know the figurative weight the word can carry. The phrase mandar al cuerno (to tell someone to go to hell) is common in informal Spanish.

Examples

"El toro bajó la cabeza y mostró sus cuernos."

Natural Translation

The bull lowered its head and showed its horns.

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