espejuelo

Spanish

Folded spectacles with bicolour frame

Etymology

From espejo +‎ -uelo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /espeˈxwelo/ [es.peˈxwe.lo]
• Rhymes: -elo
• Syllabification: es‧pe‧jue‧lo

Noun

espejuelo m (plural espejuelos)

1. little mirror
2. (chiefly in the plural, chiefly Cuba, Puerto Rico) glasses, (formal) spectacles, (US) eyeglass

   Synonyms: gafas, (Latin America) lentes, (Latin America) anteojos, (Spain, Colombia, Dominican Republic) lentillas

Further reading

• “espejuelo”, 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
• “espejuelo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
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