quejigo
Spanish
Alternative forms
- cajigo
Etymology
Alteration of earlier cajigo, from Asturian caxigu (“oak”), from Proto-Celtic *cassicu (compare Aragonese caixico), from *cass- (“twisted, gnarled”) (compare Irish cas (“to twist”)); akin to French chêne (“oak”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /keˈxiɡo/ [keˈxi.ɣ̞o]
- Rhymes: -iɡo
- Syllabification: que‧ji‧go
Noun
quejigo m (plural quejigos)
- Portuguese oak (Quercus faginea)
- Synonyms: carvallo, rebollo
- a small oak, or one that is not fully grown
Related terms
- quejigal
Further reading
- “quejigo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Quercus faginea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Quercus faginea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies