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# hombre

«hombre» in Mova's school dictionary: **not really an English word** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an hombre, hombres) — Spanish word used in US slang

### meaning for a pupil

1) (Spanish) Hombre means man in Spanish; it is not really an English word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hombre/#m1)

2) (US slang) A man, a guy, especially a tough one in cowboy films: a tough hombre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hombre/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Heard in westerns and US slang, and when people speak Spanish. Phrases: tough hombre, bad hombre.

### examples

- Hombre means man in Spanish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hombre/#x1)
- The sheriff said he was one tough hombre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hombre/#x2)
- In Spanish class we learnt hombre and mujer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hombre/#x3)
- Hey hombre, how's it going? (slang) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hombre/#x4)
- The cowboy film had a mysterious hombre riding into town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hombre/#x5)
- Hombre sounds like OM-bray; the h is silent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hombre/#x6)

### note

Spanish word: the h is silent, say OM-bray. Slang and informal in English. Plural hombres.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hombre» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hombre/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.