redaño

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reˈdaɲo/ [reˈð̞a.ɲo]
  • Rhymes: -aɲo
  • Syllabification: re‧da‧ño

Noun

redaño m (plural redaños)

  1. mesentery
  2. (usually in the plural) pluck; spunk: gall
    • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:
      Pero no hacía caso él de los sermones episcopales y seguía erre que erre sobre los libros, sacándoles el redaño para escribir después.
      But the episcopal sermon man ignored this and stubbornly continued with the books, taking the guts out of them to write later.

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