pecho
breast ; bosom ; chest ; bust.
One time he showed me a photograph in an art book of a woman's bare breasts and said 'Nice tits, uh?'.
The rolls, which it was customary to keep in the bosom, contained exhortations, messages and promises and were considered very valuable as physical objects.
Sometimes the noun form is used, sometimes the adjectival, eg 'Abdomen - diseases' but 'Abdominal pain'; 'Thorax (Zoology)' but 'Thorax, Human' see 'chest and Thoracic duct'.
First on the list was her bust, which has also gone from plump to saggy and deflated over the course of just a couple of years.
a lo hecho, pecho
no use crying over spilt/spilled milk
you've made your bed, now you must lie in it!
It may be no use crying over spilt milk but had the original constitution been more people-driven, perhaps things could have turned out different.
After all, "you've made your bed, now you must lie in it," so there's no sense complaining.
angina de pecho
angina pectoris
This is a video material to teach corpsmen response procedures for each of seven emergency medical conditions: angina pectoris, acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, stroke, diabetic coma, insulin shock, and epileptic seizure.
aumento de pecho
breast augmentation
breast enlargement
Breast augmentation, technically known as augmentation mammoplasty, is a surgical procedure to enhance the size and shape of a woman's breast.
Although more often people hear about breast enlargement, more than half of the mammoplasties are done to decrease the size of the breast.
cirugía de pecho
breast surgery
The article is entitled 'An investigation into digital imaging in assessing cosmetic outcome after breast surgery'.
congestión de pecho
chest congestion
Actually, it's more than that; for one thing, it gives Lily chest congestion.
criado con el pecho
breast-fed
There is general consensus that the intestinal flora of healthy breast-fed infants has several beneficial effects.
dar el do de pecho
do + Posesivo + (honest) best
pull out + all the stops
do + Posesivo + utmost
He was a wise and humane judge, and he clearly did his honest best and fairest, according to his lights.
So, as you see we're pulling out all the stops to give you a memorable conference.
But all of them did their utmost and knew that their position was a key one within the school.
dar el pecho
breast-feed [breastfeed]
breast-feeding [breastfeeding]
suckle
Traditionally, Malaysian women breast-feed their infants for an extended period of time; only elite Chinese women resort to a wet-nurse.
Anthropologists, neurologists, child psychiatrists, and researchers into child development agree that breast-feeding and a supportive family structure are important for an infant to thrive.
It is sooo cute how they stick their little tails up in the air while suckling their mother's milk.
dar el pecho (a)
give + breast (to)
The spectacle of two young women giving breast to their babies made her blush and turn away her face.
darse golpes de pecho
beat + Posesivo + breast
Then the Jews priests realized how much evil they had done to themselves and began beating their breasts, saying 'Woe to us because of our sins!'.
darse golpes en el pecho
beat + Posesivo + breast
Then the Jews priests realized how much evil they had done to themselves and began beating their breasts, saying 'Woe to us because of our sins!'.
de pechos planos
flat-chested
She was teased for being flat-chested as a teen and now she wants her bullies to be green with envy at how good she looks.
dolor de pecho
chest pain
I feel a stabbing chest pain of sudden onset, with slight shortness of breath.
golpearse el pecho
beat + Posesivo + breast
Then the Jews priests realized how much evil they had done to themselves and began beating their breasts, saying 'Woe to us because of our sins!'.
implante de pecho
breast implant
Maybe now is the time to lift the ban on silicone breast implants.
operación de pecho
breast surgery
The article is entitled 'An investigation into digital imaging in assessing cosmetic outcome after breast surgery'.
pared del pecho
breast wall
Right after breast augmentation surgery, the breast wall and tissue will be tender and swollen.
reducción de pecho
breast reduction
Breast reduction, or reduction mammoplasty, is the surgery to reduce the weight, mass and otherwise size of the breasts for whatever reason.
sacar (el) pecho [También usado en el orden stick + Posesivo + chest out]
stick out + Posesivo + chest
He can stick out his chest just a little and say, 'Look at me, look at what I have accomplished'.
sacar pecho
boast
strut
brag
fight back
put + a brave face on
keep + a stiff upper lip
brazen out
put on/up + a brave face
In fact, he boasts that he knows more about library work than all of us who have our master's degrees put together.
The paradox is that the war that was supposed to let thenm swagger and strut in the world was actually impeding their swagger and strut in the world.
While pirates and ancient mariners may have bragged about sailing the seven seas, the phrase is merely figurative.
In the meanwhile, librarians could fight back by means of their chequebooks but need to be alert to the strategies by which vendors could take over their functions.
You have to make sure you lead from the front and put a brave face on it during the tough times to bring people with you and get out of it.
Keeping a stiff upper lip during an emotional event can impair your memory, research suggests.
The way they tried to stonewall and brazen out the forged document scandal suggests that they didn't realize the extent to which their monopoly was gone.
It's no secret that all Commonwealth Games sites are lagging behind schedule but the organisers are putting on a brave face.
tomarse Algo a pecho
take to + heart
I think we should all take to heart Lady Wootton's classic cutting of this Gordian knot, when she points out that social workers are not medicos, not psychologists, not sociologists, they are essentially experts in communication, performing a 'middleman' role.
