tejo

See also: TEJO, Tejo, tejó, and tejō

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

𑀢𑁂𑀚𑁄 (Brahmi script)
तेजो (Devanagari script)
তেজো (Bengali script)
තෙජො (Sinhalese script)
တေဇော or တေၹေႃ (Burmese script)
เตโช (Thai script)
ᨲᩮᨩᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
ເຕໂຊ (Lao script)
តេជោ (Khmer script)
𑄖𑄬𑄎𑄮 (Chakma script)

Noun

tejo

nominative/vocative/accusative singular of tejas (“brilliance”)

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtexo/ [ˈt̪e.xo]
Rhymes: -exo
Syllabification: te‧jo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin taxus (“yew”).

Noun

tejo m (plural tejos)

yew

Etymology 2

Masculine form of teja (“tile”).

Noun

tejo m (plural tejos)

a shard, tile, quoit or similar object used in various games
shuffleboard or any of the games played using a shard or tile
(Colombia) a traditional throwing sport in Colombia, throwing a metal puck/disc at small targets that contain gunpowder and explode on impact

Derived terms

jugar al tejo (“to play hopscotch”)
mesa de tejo (“air hockey table”) (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay)
tejo japonés
tejuelo m
tirar los tejos

Verb

tejo

first-person singular present indicative of tejar
first-person singular present indicative of tejer

Further reading

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

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