hollejo
Spanish
editEtymology
editInherited from Vulgar Latin *folliclus, contracted form of Latin folliculus, diminutive form of follis (“purse, sack”). Compare the borrowed doublet folículo.
Cognate with Portuguese folhelho.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -exo
- Syllabification: ho‧lle‧jo
Noun
edithollejo m (plural hollejos)
- the skin or membrane covering some fruits and seeds, such as grapes, beans, etc.
- 2011, Francesc Navarro, Mauricio Wiesenthal, Todo lo que debes saber sobre el vino para impresionar en la mesa:
- También en el hollejo se encuentran los precursores de los aromas, sustancias inodoras que, durante el proceso de fermentación y posterior evolución del vino, liberarán moléculas volátiles que son las responsables de los aromas del vino
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- the skin or membrane of an egg.
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 271:
- Se le corta una hoja, la que se echa a hervir en una cazuela, juntamente con siete tirillas de hollejo de huevo, y con una pequeña cinta, dentro de la cual hay cosidos siete pelos de perro blanco.
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- the solid remains of fruit after pressing; pomace, marc
Further reading
edit- “hollejo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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