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hondo
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- 1
deep (literary)
El río es hondo en esta parte y no conviene cruzarlo a pie. The river is deep here and it is not wise to cross it on foot.
Cavaron un pozo hondo para llegar al agua. They dug a deep well to reach the water.
- 2
deep (feeling)
Sintió un hondo pesar al despedirse de su pueblo. He felt a deep sorrow on leaving his village.
Forms: honda
Don't confuse
- profundoprofundo is the everyday word for deep; hondo is more literary or poetic (and part of cante hondo).
Common combinations
- cante hondo
- hondo pesar
- en lo más hondo