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Old November 11, 2009, 07:41 AM
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brazo (masculine noun (el)) — arm, fork (river), neck (guitar), leg (animal). Look up brazo in the dictionary

Cuando me rompí el brazo, lo tuve enyesado por 6 semanas.
When I broke my arm, it was in a cast for 6 weeks.
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Old November 11, 2009, 08:05 AM
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Entonces, ¿humanos andan en dos piernas, pero muchos de los animales andan en cuatro brazos? ¿Es esta la manera correcta de decirlo?
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Old November 11, 2009, 08:10 AM
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Entonces, ¿humanos andan en dos piernas, pero muchos de los animales andan en cuatro brazos? ¿Es esta la manera correcta de decirlo?


Los humanos andan sobre dos piernas y los animales andan sobre cuatro patas (no brazos )

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Old November 11, 2009, 08:15 AM
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Gracias ... entonces, en la definición anterior dice que "(leg) animals". ¿Cuándo se puede utilizar en ese contexto?
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Old November 11, 2009, 08:24 AM
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leg: pierna de una persona o pata de un animal.

arm: brazo.

Creo que está mal la traducción de leg como brazo.

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arm: brazo.
Hence abrazar, and English to embrace from im - bracchium

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Old November 11, 2009, 08:34 AM
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Hence abrazar, and English to embrace from im - bracchium
Sí, ¿pero qué tiene que ver con la "leg" de un animal?
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Old November 11, 2009, 08:42 AM
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Sí, ¿pero qué tiene que ver con la "leg" de un animal?
Nothing - this was just as a mnemonic for brazo = arm, not leg, because embracing involves arms, not legs.

Er- well, usually.
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Old November 11, 2009, 08:46 AM
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No puedo olvidar brazo de reina/ brazo de gitana.
¿Hay una diferencia? Creo que se dice brazo de reina in las américas
y brazo de gitana en España. ¿Estoy en lo cierto?
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Old November 11, 2009, 11:11 AM
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Nothing - this was just as a mnemonic for brazo = arm, not leg, because embracing involves arms, not legs.

Er- well, usually.
And it is the topic of the post.
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