brusto

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Etymology

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From German Brust (chest). Cognate with Yiddish ברוסט (brust, breast).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbrusto]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -usto
  • Hyphenation: brus‧to

Noun

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brusto (accusative singular bruston, plural brustoj, accusative plural brustojn)

  1. (anatomy) breast; chest
    • 1907, Henri Vallienne, chapter 18, in Kastelo de Prelongo:
      Ŝi apogis sian kapon sur la bruston de Gastono.
      She leaned her head on Gastono's chest.

Usage notes

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Brusto refers exclusively to the external section of the abdomen corresponding to the chest cavity. For a woman's mammary glands (the bosoms), the correct word is mamo(j).

Swedish

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Verb

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brusto

  1. (pre-1940) plural past indicative of brista