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Brusto De La Chest Henri Vallienne Kastelo Prelongo

The word "brusto" in Esperanto, by anatomical definition, refers to the upper part of the torso. It originates from the German word "Brust" and is used for "breast" or "chest."

La vorto "brusto" en Esperanto, laŭ anatomia difino, signifas la supran parton de la torsaかでŭ ĉe homoj kaj aliaj mamuloj. Ĝi devenas de la germana vorto "Brust" kaj uziĝas por "brusto" aŭ "kolekto".

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Word brusto
Meanings
    (
    anatomy
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anatomy
    )
    breast
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/breast
    ;
    chest
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chest

    1907, Henri Vallienne, Kastelo de Prelongo, chapter 18:

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Wiktionary Entry
Brust
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Brust#German
(chest).

Pronunciation

  • IPA
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
    (
    key
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
    )
    : /ˈbrusto/
  • (
    file
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:Eo-brusto.ogg
    )
  • Hyphenation: brus‧to

Noun

brusto (accusative singular

bruston
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bruston#Esperanto
, plural
brustoj
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/brustoj#Esperanto
, accusative plural
brustojn
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/brustojn#Esperanto
)

  1. (
    anatomy
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anatomy
    )
    breast
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/breast
    ;
    chest
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/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.

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
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bosom
), the correct word is
mamo(j)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mamo
.


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