What does «ñudo» mean in Spanish?
- Knot.
Examples of use in Spanish: "el ñudo que Dios ató con sus propias manos, hombre no ha de presumir de desatarle".
"una fábula tiene ñudo y soltura; el ñudo está embebido en toda la fábula hasta el tiempo de la soltura".
- (al ñudo) In vain, unnecessary, useless, without reason.
♦ Used in: Argentina - Paraguay - Uruguay
Examples of use in Spanish: "al que nace barrigón es al ñudo que lo fajen".
"es al ñudo intentar cambiarlo".
- (Un ñudo a la bolsa y dos a la boca) A saying that recommends saving money and words.
- (al que nace barrilón es al ñudo que lo fajen) Popular saying taken from Martín Fierro by José Hernández (1834-1886), which literally means that if you are born with a tendency to get fat, there is no way to hide your belly. It is used to indicate that there are people who will not change their behavior no matter how hard they try, or that it is useless to try to twist their destiny.