Today's WOTD is: 'brazo' =arm
In Spanish, the noun 'brazo' is a masculine noun of Latin origin, the main meaning of which is the arm*. The noun 'brazo' is often used in Spanish in its plural form 'brazos'. In its plural form, 'brazos' it may be used to refer to labourers/workers.
*NB the Spanish noun 'brazo' may not be used to translate into Spanish the English expression "to be up in arms".
Some commonly used expressions containing the word 'brazo' are:
- Al brazo (on the arm/ hanging from the arm).
- Brazo armado (military arm).
- Brazo de gitano (Swiss roll/ jelly roll).
- Brazo de mar (sea inlet/sound).
- Con los brazos abiertos (with open arms).
- Con los brazos cruzados (with arms crossed/ idle & watching others work).
- Cruzarse de brazos (to stop working/ watch others work).
- Algo colgado del brazo (something hanging from the arm)
- Del brazo (arm in arm).
- En brazos (in the arms)
- En los brazos de alguien (in someone's arms).
- No dar el brazo a torcer (to stand firmly/ not to give in).
- Ser el brazo derecho de alguien (to be someone's right-hand man)
Examples of the use of the word 'brazo' are:
- Ana lleva el bolso al brazo (Ana has the bag hanging from the arm).
- Ana lleva el bolso colgado del brazo (Ana has the bag hanging from the arm).
- De postre, tenemos brazo de gitano (for dessert, we have Swiss/ jelly roll).
- Cruzamos el brazo de mar de un lado al otro en una canoa (we crossed from one side of the bay/sound to the other by canoe).
- Mi primo me recibió con los brazos abiertos (my cousin welcomed me with open arms).
- Ahi tienes a tu hermana, de nuevo de brazos cruzados (there you have your sister, once more just standing idle/ watching others work).
- Tu hermano se cruzó de brazos (you brother just stood there)
- Caminábamos del brazo (we were walking arm in arm).
- Luisa llevaba el niño en brazos (Luisa carried the child in her arms).
- Caí en los brazos de Morfeo (I fell in Morpheous arms/ I fell asleep).
- Mira que eres tozudo, no das el brazo a torcer (how stubborn, you never give in).
- Sabemos que Pedro es tu brazo derecho (we know that Pedro is your right-hand man).
Love-Spanish.com loves the word 'brazo' in the YouTube clip: Brazo gitano de trufa y chocolate. Receta de Navidad
*NB
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