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Old May 10, 2017, 03:35 PM
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Hi, Poli!


Yes, DRAE gives,

diamante bruto, o diamante en bruto

1. m. Persona o cosa de valor o potencial grandes, pero sin desarrollar o aprovechar.

http://dle.rae.es/?id=DezzXII

I.e., the person may not seem that wonderful yet, it has the potential, but has not been developed yet.

Ah, look here, Rusty posted this 9 years ago!

http://www.tomisimo.org/idioms/es/un...ruto-1163.html


Ah, "una joya sin tallar", aunque no está en el DRAE, también se usa en ese sentido.
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