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grano.

grain (the seed of various grass food crops)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡɾano/[ˈɡɾa.no]
  1. grain (the seed of various grass food crops)

    masculine
  2. grain, seed, kernel, bean (a single seed of certain crops)

    masculine
    un grano de arroz
    un grano de maíz
  3. grain (a single similar particle of various substances)

    masculine
    un grano de arena
  4. pimple, blackhead (a blocked skin pore, typically inflamed, painful, and filled with pus)

    masculine
    Estoy tan estresada que me salen granos.
  5. point (the main intent or focus of a conversation)

    figuratively · masculine
  6. grain (the linear texture of a material or surface, especially wood)

    masculine
  7. grain (flawed visual texture present in most processed photographic film)

    masculine
  8. grano, Spanish grain (a traditional small unit of mass, equivalent to about 50 mg)

    historical · masculine
  9. grain (any of various traditional units of mass notionally based on the weight of different grains)

    historical · masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Spanish grano, from Latin grānum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm. Cognate with Galician gran, Portuguese grão, and Catalan gra.

verb/ˈɡɾano/[ˈɡɾa.no]
  1. first-person singular present indicative of granar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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