hayedo

Spanish

Etymology

From earlier haedo, inherited from Vulgar Latin *fāgētum, from Latin fāgus. Influenced by haya. Compare Asturian fayéu, Italian faggeto, Romanian făget.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈʝedo/ [aˈʝe.ð̞o]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aˈʃedo/ [aˈʃe.ð̞o]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈʒedo/ [aˈʒe.ð̞o]

Rhymes: -edo
Syllabification: ha‧ye‧do

Noun

hayedo m (plural hayedos)

beechwood, area of beeches
- 2015 July 23, “Senderismo refrescante para el verano”, in El País‎:
  Pasa por la Fageda d’en Jordà –uno de los más densos y viejos hayedos de La Garrotxa–, la ermita de Sant Miquel de Sacot y el volcán de Santa Margarida.
  It crosses the Fageda d’en Jordà –one of the thickest and oldest beech woods in La Garrotxa–, the chapel of Sant Miquel Sacot and the Santa Margarida volcano.

Further reading

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

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