tejuelo

Spanish

Etymology

From tejo (“quoit”) +‎ -uelo (“little”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /teˈxwelo/ [t̪eˈxwe.lo]
Rhymes: -elo
Syllabification: te‧jue‧lo

Noun

tejuelo m (plural tejuelos)

small disk, small quoit
backbone title label (in bookbinding)
pillow block, pivot bearing (in mechanics)
sole of a hoof (in veterinary medicine)

Related terms

Descendants

→ Portuguese: tijolo

Further reading

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

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