hombre


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hom·bre 1

 (ŏm′brā′, ōm′brĕ)
n. Slang
A man; a fellow.
[Spanish, from Old Spanish omne, from Latin homō, homin-; see dhghem- in Indo-European roots.]

hom·bre 2

 (hŏm′bər, ŏm′-)
n.
Variant of ombre.
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hombre

(ˈɒmbreɪ; -brɪ)
n
Western US a slang word for man
[C19: from Spanish: man]

hombre

(ˈhɒmbə)
n
(Card Games) a variant of ombre
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hom•bre1

(ˈɒm bər)

n.
omber.

hom•bre2

(ˈɒm breɪ, -bri)

n., pl. -bres.
man; fellow.
[1830–40; < Sp, by dissimilation and intrusion of b < Latin hominem, acc. of homō man]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.hombre - an informal term for a youth or manhombre - an informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll"
guy, bozo, cat
adult male, man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"
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" Onde vas, hombre ?" (Where are you going, my man?) cried the cripple, flinging away his crutches, and running after him with the best legs that ever traced a geometrical step upon the pavements of Paris.
" Hombre, quita tu sombrero !" said one of the three knaves, in whose grasp he was, and, before he had comprehended the meaning, the other had snatched his hat--a wretched headgear, it is true, but still good on a sunny day or when there was but little rain.
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`no es sino un hombre sobre un as no pardo como el mio, que
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At Bajada, he was described to me as "hombre muy aflicto" -- a man always miserable to get on; but certainly he bore all delays with admirable resignation.
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"De como el hombre se entienda, dependen sus actitudes ante la vida y el sentido de su actividad".
Vargas, A. I. (2017). Genealogia del miedo. Un estudio antropologico de la modernidad desde Leonardo Polo

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