pezuelo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin peciolus (“little foot; fruit stem or stalk, petiole”). Doublet of pecíolo, which was borrowed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /peˈθwelo/ [peˈθwe.lo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /peˈswelo/ [peˈswe.lo]
• Rhymes: -elo
• Syllabification: pe‧zue‧lo

Noun

pezuelo m (plural pezuelos)

1. end of a thread

Further reading

• “pezuelo”, 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