abrojo
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin aperī oculōs (“open [your] eyes!”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]abrojo m (plural abrojos)
- (botany) thistle; thorn
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 333:
- Andando, andando, llegaron a una miserable choza, habitada por una pobre mujer, a la que San Pedro pidió un harnero para cribar el trigo, que estaba mezclado con muchos abrojos.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (weaponry) caltrop
- (in the plural, nautical) shoal
- Synonym: escollo
- (in the plural, figuratively) hardships
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “abrojo”, 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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