brusto
Esperanto
Etymology
From German Brust (“chest”). Cognate with Yiddish ברוסט (brust, “breast”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbrusto]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -usto
- Hyphenation: brus‧to
Noun
brusto (accusative singular bruston, plural brustoj, accusative plural brustojn)
- (anatomy) breast; chest
- 1907, Henri Vallienne, Kastelo de Prelongo, chapter 18:
- Ŝi apogis sian kapon sur la bruston de Gastono.
- She leaned her head on Gastono's chest.
- Ŝi apogis sian kapon sur la bruston de Gastono.
- 1907, Henri Vallienne, Kastelo de Prelongo, chapter 18:
Usage notes
Brusto refers exclusively to the external section of the abdomen corresponding to the chest cavity. For a woman's mammary glands (the bosoms), the correct word is mamo(j).
Swedish
Verb
brusto
- archaic plural form of brast, past tense of brista.