cuajo

See also: cuajó

English

Etymology

From Spanish cuajo, from Hokkien, possibly 看好 (khòaⁿ-hó) or 看護／看护 (khàn-hō͘ / khòaⁿ-hō͘ / khan-hō͘) or 看虎 (khòaⁿ hó͘, literally “watching the tiger”). Compare Tagalog kuwaho, Kapampangan kuwaho, English khanhoo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkwɑː.hoʊ/

Noun

cuajo (uncountable)

(Philippines, card games) a kind of card game, similar to Khanhoo

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkwaxo/ [ˈkwa.xo]
Rhymes: -axo
Syllabification: cua‧jo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Latin coāgulum. Compare the borrowed doublet coágulo.

Noun

cuajo m (plural cuajos)

Derived terms

de cuajo
ranacuajo m

Related terms

Verb

cuajo

first-person singular present indicative of cuajar

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Hokkien, possibly 看好 (khòaⁿ-hó) or 看護／看护 (khàn-hō͘ / khòaⁿ-hō͘ / khan-hō͘) or 看虎 (khòaⁿ hó͘, literally “watching the tiger”). Compare Tagalog kuwaho, Kapampangan kuwaho, English Cuajo, English Khanhoo.

Noun

cuajo m (plural cuajos)

(Philippines, card games) a kind of card game

Further reading

“cuajo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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