tejo
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Noun
[edit]tejo
- nominative/vocative/accusative singular of tejas (“brilliance”)
Spanish
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Latin taxus (“yew”).
Noun
[edit]tejo m (plural tejos)
Etymology 2
[edit]Masculine form of teja (“tile”).
Noun
[edit]tejo m (plural tejos)
- a shard, tile, quoit or similar object used in various games
- shuffleboard or any of the games played using a shard or tile
- (Colombia) a traditional throwing sport in Colombia, throwing a metal puck/disc at small targets that contain gunpowder and explode on impact
Derived terms
[edit]- jugar al tejo (“to play hopscotch”)
- mesa de tejo (“air hockey table”) (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay)
- tejo japonés
- tejuelo m
- tirar los tejos
Etymology 3
[edit]Verb
[edit]tejo
Further reading
[edit]- “tejo”, 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
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