What does buche in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word buche in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use buche in Spanish.

The word buche in Spanish means crop, craw, belly, new-born donkey, shot, work hard. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word buche

crop, craw

nombre masculino (papo, esófago de las aves) (bird)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Después de pasar por el buche los alimentos van al estómago.
ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. The crop (or: craw) is where a bird's food goes through to get to the stomach.

belly

nombre masculino (coloquial (estómago) (informal)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Los dulces que habían sobrado están el en buche de tu padre.
The leftover candy are in your dad's belly.

new-born donkey

nombre masculino (borrico recién nacido)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Está semana han nacido tres buches.
ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. The farmer is happy to have three new-born donkeys in the barn.

shot

nombre masculino (coloquial (trago) (small amount of drink)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Se echó un buche de ginebra en la boca.
He downed a shot of gin.

work hard

locución verbal (coloquial (largar)

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