hígado
liver
noun EE-gah-doh Rare
Origin: from Latin ficatum (liver of a fig-fed animal), via Vulgar Latin
Usage Note
Hígado is both the anatomical organ and the culinary ingredient (hígado encebollado = liver and onions). The expression tener hígados means to have guts or nerve. Note the stress on the first syllable — a proparoxytone — so the accent mark is required.
Examples
"El médico revisó mi hígado en el análisis."
Natural Translation
The doctor checked my liver in the analysis.
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