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hueco in English:

1. alcove alcove


We've put some bookshelves in the alcove.
I found an alcove with a statue of a Hindu deity.

English word "hueco"(alcove) occurs in sets:

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2. hollow hollow


Without art our life would be hollow.
This melon sounds hollow. Maybe that's why it was so cheap.
a hollow tree
As if to answer my question, a long and hollow team rose from the forest.
When a book and a head collide and a hollow sound is heard, must it always have come from the book?
My life is hollow without him.
We heard somber hollow sounds from the cave.
The trunk of the tree was hollow on the inside, making it a great hiding place for the children.
They saw it as a hollow exercise on the part of senior management.
Because of the illness her cheeks were hollow.
hollow eyes / to feel hollow / hollow cheeks
Molly's prosthesis was a hollow cast with a pole at the bottom for balance.
a hollow ​tube. This ​tree ​trunk ​sounds hollow. a hollow ​victory
The government’s election promises now seem increasingly hollow.
Other matters receive far less attention, and useful rules remain hollow phrases.

English word "hueco"(hollow) occurs in sets:

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adj. calif. I