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callo

Pronunciation: /ˈkaʝo/

“callo” is a Spanish word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. callus
  2. corn (on the feet)
  3. tripe
  4. an ugly person

In Spanish

  1. Endurecimiento de algún tejido animal, y en particular de la piel humana, por fricción, roce o enfermedad.
  2. Cada extremo o final de una herradura.
  3. Piezas de metal (chapas, herraduras) con que se protegen las pezuñas de vacas, bueyes, etc.
  4. Persona muy fea.
  5. Calcificación, como cicatriz, que se forma entre los fragmentos de un hueso quebrado.
  6. Partes del estómago de la res, cordero, etc., que se preparan guisados o en sopa.

Etymology

Inherited from Latin callum (“callus, induration”).

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