lomo
Meanings
Noun
1. back (the rear of body) (anatomy, in the plural)
2. lower back, lumbar (anatomy, also in the plural)
3. loin, tenderloin (any of several cuts of meat)
4. fillet (of fish) (a strip or compact piece of meat)
5. rib (cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones) (in the plural)
6. spine (the narrow, bound edge of a book)
7. crease (of a hide, fabric, etc)
8. blunt edge (of a blade)
9. flesh (Latin America, colloquial)
10. an extraordinarily magnificent or ideal human body (Rioplatense, Paraguay, colloquial, chiefly with tener)
11. a long hill or mountain (geography, Canary Islands)
Examples5
Tom se cayó del lomo del caballo.
Tom fell down from the horse's back.
¿Le gusta el lomo de cerdo?
Do you like pork loin?
Esta colección de libros se distingue por sus característicos lomos verdes.
This collection of books is distinguished by their characteristic green spines.
El lomo del erizo es espinoso.
The hedgehog's back is spiny.
El gato arqueó el lomo.
The cat arched its back.