atajadizo

Spanish

Etymology

By surface analysis, atajado +‎ -izo, perhaps corresponding to a- + Vulgar Latin *taliātīcius, from Latin taliāre (“cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ataxaˈdiθo/ [a.t̪a.xaˈð̞i.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ataxaˈdiso/ [a.t̪a.xaˈð̞i.so]
• Rhymes: -iθo
• Rhymes: -iso
• Syllabification: a‧ta‧ja‧di‧zo

Noun

atajadizo m (plural atajadizos)

1. partition wall or other means of enclosure
2. smaller portion of a site

Further reading

• “atajadizo”, 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