muslo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *mūsclus, from Latin mūsculus (“muscle”). Doublet of the borrowed músculo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuslo/ [ˈmus.lo]

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• Rhymes: -uslo
• Syllabification: mus‧lo

Noun

muslo m (plural muslos)

1. (anatomy) thigh (upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee)

   Synonym: (Chile) tuto

Derived terms

• aductor corto del muslo
• aductor mayor del muslo
• aductor mediano del muslo

 

Related terms

• músculo

 

Further reading

• “muslo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014