Today's WOTD is: 'cuello' = neck*
In Spanish, the noun 'cuello' is a masculine noun of Latin origin, the main meaning of which is the neck. The noun 'cuello' is also used in Spanish to refer to the shape/ neckline of the collar of garments/ items of clothing.
*NB Please note that the Spanish word 'cuello' may not be used to translate literally the English expression "to have a hard neck" into Spanish.
*NB Please note that the Spanish word 'cuello' may not be used to translate literally the English expression "to have a hard neck" into Spanish.
Some commonly used expressions containing the word 'cuello' are:
- Alargar el cuello (to crane one's neck).
- Apostarse el cuello (to bet anything).
- Cortar el cuello (to cut/ slit the throat).
- Cuello a la caja (square neckline).
- Cuello alto (polo neck).
- Cuello blando (soft collar-shirt).
- Cuello chino (mandarin collar).
- Cuello de cisne (polo neck).
- Cuello de pico (V neck).
- Cuello de útero (neck of the womb)
- Cuello duro (stiff collar-shirt).
- Cuello ortopédico (surgical/ cervical collar).
- Cuello redondo (round collar).
- Cuello uterino (neck of the womb).
- Cuello vuelto (polo neck).
- Estar metido hasta el cuello en algo (to be right up to the neck in something).
- Jugarse el cuello (to put one's neck on the line/ to bet anything/ risk everything).
- Levantar el cuello (to come out of a difficult situation/ to recover from illness).
- Salirse por el cuello de la camisa (to be very thin).
- Sin cuello (collarless).
- Tener a alguien cogido por el cuello (to have someone under the thumb).
Examples of the use of the word 'cuello' are:
- Tuve que alargar el cuello para poder ver que ocurría (I had to crane my neck to see what was happening).
- Me apuesto el cuello a que no comes eso (I bet you anything that you won't eat that).
- Me juego el cuello a que no comes eso (I bet you anything that you won't eat that)
- Le amenazaron con cortarle el cuello (they threatened to slit his throat).
- El cuello de caja no me gusta (I don't like a square neckline).
- Me gusta esa sudadera de cuello alto (I like that polo neck sweatshirt).
- Me gusta esa sudadera de cuello de cisne (I like that polo neck sweatshirt).
- Me gusta esa sudadera de cuello vuelto (I like that polo neck sweatshirt).
- Me gusta esa sudadera de cuello de pico (I like that V neck sweatshirt).
- Me gusta esa sudadera de cuello redondo (I like that round neck sweatshirt) .
- Me gustan las camisas de cuello blando (I like soft collar shirts).
- Me gustan las camisas de cuello duro (I like stiff collar shirts).
- Me gustan las camisas de cuello chino (I like mandarin collar shirts).
- Me gustan las camisetas sin cuello (I like collarless T-shirts)
- El estrecho de Ormuz es un cuello de botella del crudo mundial ( the straights of Hormuz are a world crude oil bottleneck).
- Enfermedades de cuello de útero (neck of the womb conditions).
- El cuello úterino forma parte del útero (neck of the womb is a part of the womb).
- Estamos metidos hasta el cuello en eso (we are right up to our necks in that).
- No parece que seamos capaces de levantar el cuello (we don't seem to be able to recover).
- Pedro tiene a Paco cogido por el cuello (Pedro has Paco under his thumb)
Love-Spanish.com loves the word 'cuello' in the YouTube clip: Ejercicios Básicos: Como fortalecer el cuello
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'Click' on the speaker icon next to the word “cuello”
in the link to hear the word pronounced.
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