tejido
Spanish
Etymology
Past participle of tejer (“to weave”). Compare English tissue.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teˈxido/ [t̪eˈxi.ð̞o]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -ido
- Syllabification: te‧ji‧do
Noun
tejido m (plural tejidos)
- fabric (the texture of a cloth)
- fabric (a material made of fibers; a textile or cloth)
- Synonym: tela
- weave (a type or way of weaving)
- weaving (a piece of woven material made on a loom)
- (biology) tissue (a group of cells similar in origin that function together to do a specific job)
Derived terms
- tejido adiposo
- tejido conjuntivo
- tejido muscular
- tejido social
Related terms
- tejedor
Participle
tejido (feminine tejida, masculine plural tejidos, feminine plural tejidas)
- past participle of tejer
Further reading
- “tejido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014