husk

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'husk' tiene referencia cruzada con 'shuck'. Se encuentra en una o más de las líneas abajo.'husk' is cross-referenced with 'shuck'. It is in one or more of the lines below.

WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
husk n (fruit, grain: outer shell)cáscara nf
  cascarilla nf
 The girls peeled the husks off the ears of corn.
 Las niñas le quitaron la cáscara a los elotes.
husk n figurative (person: empty shell)cáscara nf
 The illness had turned him into a husk of his former self.
 La enfermedad lo convirtió en una cáscara de su antiguo yo.
husk [sth] vtr (remove husk from) (maíz)quitar la farfolla loc verb
  descascarillar vtr
 The machine husks peanuts automatically.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
shuck [sth] vtr (oysters, peas: remove shell) (ostras)desbullar vtr
 Mark, can you come to the kitchen and help me shuck the oysters for dinner?
shuck [sth] (US),
husk [sth] (UK)
vtr
(sweetcorn: remove husk) (cáscara)descascarar vtr
  (vaina)desvainar vtr
  pelar vtr
 This machine automatically shucks the corn.
shucks interj US (expression of mild regret)¡maldición! interj
  ¡diablos! interj
 You've given the job to someone else? Shucks! I guess I'll have to try somewhere else.
shucks interj US (expression of modesty)¡caray! interj
 You like my poem? Shucks, it wasn't that good!
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
shuck n US (sweetcorn husk)cáscara nf
  vaina nf
  concha nf
 Where should we put all of these shucks; the garbage?
shuck n US ([sth] worthless) (coloquial)pepino nm
  (coloquial, negativo)centavo nm
 This car isn't worth a shuck!
 Ese coche no vale un pepino.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
husk | shuck
InglésEspañol
corn husk n (shell of an ear of maize) (Argentina)chala nf
 Tamales are cooked wrapped in corn husks.
 Esta oración no es una traducción de la original. Dulces o saladas, con o sin queso, las humitas son un manjar envuelto en chalas de choclo como un paquete.
  (México)hojas de maíz nfpl
 Los tamales se envuelven en hojas de maíz.
ground cherry,
husk tomato
n
(plant: Physalis)pocote de víbora loc nom m
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