How do you say 'skull' in Spanish?

Cráneo, as in 'El cráneo protege el cerebro con huesos muy duros.'

What does 'óseo' mean in Spanish?

It means bony, related to bone, as in 'El tejido óseo del cráneo es bastante duro.'

Ahora, as in 'Ahora me toca a mí pasar al frente.'

The teacher passes a plastic skull down the rows, and you have to describe it out loud in front of the group.

El maestro nos pasó el cráneo de plástico por las filas.

The teacher passed the plastic skull down our rows.

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maestro/maˈestɾo/
teachernoun
A man who teaches a group of students.
cráneo/ˈkɾaneo/
skullnoun
The set of hard bones of the head that protects the brain.
óseo/ˈoseo/
bonyadjective
Made of bone or related to bones.
aorta/aˈoɾta/
aortanoun
The largest artery in the body; it leaves the heart and distributes the blood.
abeja/aˈbexa/
beenoun
An insect that flies, makes honey and can sting.
zoológico/sooˈloxiko/Also said soˈloxiko.
zoonoun
A place where they keep animals for people to see.
idea/iˈdea/
ideanoun
A thought that occurs to you about something.
tarea/taˈɾea/
homeworknoun
School work assigned to do at home.
ahora/aˈoɾa/
nowadverb
At this moment, neither before nor after.
cooperar/koopeˈɾaɾ/
to cooperateverb
To work together with others to achieve something.

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El maestro nos pasó el cráneo de plástico por las filas.
The teacher passed the plastic skull down our rows.
El cráneo protege el cerebro con huesos muy duros.
The skull protects the brain with very hard bones.
El tejido óseo del cráneo es bastante duro.
The bony tissue of the skull is pretty hard.
La aorta es la arteria más grande del cuerpo.
The aorta is the largest artery in the body.
¿Y esa abeja de plástico también es del maestro?
Is that plastic bee the teacher's too?
El maestro nos va a llevar al zoológico mañana.
The teacher is taking us to the zoo tomorrow.
Se me ocurrió una idea para describir el cráneo.
I came up with an idea for describing the skull.
La tarea es dibujar los huesos de la cabeza.
The homework is to draw the bones of the head.
Ahora me toca a mí pasar al frente.
Now it's my turn to go up front.
Si queremos terminar, todos tenemos que cooperar un poco.
If we want to finish, everyone has to cooperate a bit.

maestro/maˈestɾo/
It's three syllables: ma-es-tro, stressed on es. Don't merge it into something like 'mais'.
cráneo/ˈkɾaneo/
The stress rules: it falls on crá, never on ne, and the final e and o are both pronounced.
óseo/ˈoseo/
The stress falls on the first o, and the ending -eo splits into two syllables: o-se-o, three in total.
aorta/aˈoɾta/
The a and the o don't merge: a-or-ta, stressed on the o.
abeja/aˈbexa/
The j is made in the throat, harsh, nothing like the English j.
zoológico/sooˈloxiko/
The z sounds like s, the two o's at the start are pronounced separately, and the stress falls on ló.
idea/iˈdea/
Three syllables: i-de-a, stressed on de, with the final a clearly separate.
ahora/aˈoɾa/
The h is silent: it becomes a-o-ra, stressed on the o.
cooperar/koopeˈɾaɾ/
Both o's at the start are pronounced, and the stress falls all the way at the end, on rar.

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How do you say 'skull' in Spanish?: Cráneo, as in 'El cráneo protege el cerebro con huesos muy duros.'
What does 'óseo' mean in Spanish?: It means bony, related to bone, as in 'El tejido óseo del cráneo es bastante duro.'
How do you say 'now' in Spanish?: Ahora, as in 'Ahora me toca a mí pasar al frente.'

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