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)

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

Related terms

• tejo
• tejuela

 

Descendants

• → Portuguese: tijolo

Further reading

• “tejuelo”, 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