pajizo

Spanish

Etymology

From paja +‎ -izo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /paˈxiθo/ [paˈxi.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /paˈxiso/ [paˈxi.so]
• Rhymes: -iθo
• Rhymes: -iso
• Syllabification: pa‧ji‧zo

Adjective

pajizo (feminine pajiza, masculine plural pajizos, feminine plural pajizas)

1. covered or made of straw
2. yellowish, straw (color)
   • 1927, Federico García Lorca, “La monja gitana”, in Romancero Gitano:

     La monja borda alhelíes / sobre una tela pajiza.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

See also

• cetrino

Further reading

• “pajizo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28