anjeo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan Angeu (“Anjou”), the name of the province where it was originally made.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈxeo/ [ãŋˈxe.o]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: an‧je‧o

Noun

anjeo m (plural anjeos)

1. a kind of coarse linen cloth
2. (Colombia) a mesh placed over a door or window to let in air and keep out insects; a window screen

   Synonym: mosquitero

   • 1985, Gabriel García Márquez, El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Vintage, published 2003, page 322:

     Era una típica casa antillana pintada toda de amarillo hasta el techo de cinc, con ventanas de anjeo y tiestos de claveles y helechos colgados en el portal[.]

     It was a typical Antillean house, painted yellow even to the tin roof, with burlap windows and pots of carnations and ferns hanging in the doorway.

Further reading

• “anjeo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28