How to Say "Lungs" in Spanish

pulmones

/pulmones/from spelling rules

The Spanish word for lungs is pulmones.

In informal contexts, people may use the word pecho to refer to the general area where the lungs are located.

How does it change in a sentence?

Pulmones is a masculine noun, so it uses the masculine plural article los (los pulmones). The singular form of the word is pulmón.

/pulmones/

The word pulmón is used in the expression a pulmón, meaning to do something with great effort or without external help, such as funding a project alone.
In Spanish, if someone is described as having pulmones, it often means they have a powerful singing voice or immense physical endurance.
In traditional Spanish folk medicine, certain ailments of the pulmones were historically treated with 'pulmonaria', a plant whose name is derived directly from the word for lungs.

Me duelen los pulmones.
My lungs hurt.
This sentence is useful for expressing physical pain in the pulmones.
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Los bosques son los pulmones de la Tierra.
Forests are the lungs of the Earth.
This sentence uses pulmones metaphorically to describe forests.
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Se encontró agua en los pulmones del muerto.
Water was found in the dead man's lungs.
This sentence describes a medical finding within the pulmones.
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El médico examinó sus pulmones para detectar posibles anomalías.
The doctor examined his/her lungs to detect possible anomalies.
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