fajo

See also: fajó and fájó

Fula

Noun

fajo

(Pular) possibility, chance

References

Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

faio (alt. spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fāgeus. Compare Italian faggio.

Pronunciation

(Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈfaːjə]

Noun

fajo m (plural faje)

beech (tree)

References

AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 578: “il faggio” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
Ledgeway, Adam (2009) Grammatica diacronica del napoletano, Tübingen: Niemeyer, page 111

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfaxo/ [ˈfa.xo]
Rhymes: -axo
Syllabification: fa‧jo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Aragonese faxo, ultimately from Latin fascis. Cognate with English fagot (“bundle of sticks bound together”).

Noun

fajo m (plural fajos)

bundle, wad
Synonym: manojo

Verb

fajo

first-person singular present indicative of fajar

Further reading

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

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