cuajo
See also: cuajó
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkwaxo/ [ˈkwa.xo]
- Rhymes: -axo
- Syllabification: cua‧jo
Etymology 1
From Old Spanish [Term?], from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin quāglum/ *coāglum, from syncopation of Latin coāgulum. Compare the borrowed doublet coágulo.
Noun
cuajo m (plural cuajos)
- rennet
- curd
- calmness, patience
Derived terms
- de cuajo
- ranacuajo m
Related terms
- cuajar
- coágulo
Verb
cuajo
- first-person singular present indicative of cuajar
Etymology 3
From Hokkien, possibly 看好 (khòaⁿ-hó) or 看護 (khàn-hō͘ / khòaⁿ-hō͘ / khan-hō͘) or 看虎 (khòaⁿ hó͘, literally “watching the tiger”). Compare Tagalog kuwaho, Kapampangan kuwaho, English Cuajo, English Khanhoo.
Noun
cuajo m (plural cuajos)
- (Philippines, card games) a kind of card game
Further reading
- “cuajo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014