el colmillo
[kol.'mi.ʎo]
masculine noun
tusk
Lesson: Dangerous animals, Level 9
How the word "el colmillo" is translated into English
[kol.'mi.ʎo]
masculine noun
tusk
Lesson: Dangerous animals, Level 9
El elefante tiene un colmillo roto.
[el eleˈfante ˈtjene uŋ kolˈmiʎo ˈroto.]
The elephant has a broken tusk.
¿Por qué el lobo enseña los colmillos?
[¿poɾ ˈke el ˈloβo enˈseɲa los kolˈmiʎos?]
Why does the wolf bare its fangs?
Se prohíbe vender colmillos de marfil.
[se pɾoˈiβe βenˈdeɾ kolˈmiʎoz ðe maɾˈfil.]
Selling ivory tusks is prohibited.
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