orzuelo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish orçuelo, from Latin hordeolus, diminutive of hordeum (“barley”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /oɾˈθwelo/ [oɾˈθwe.lo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /oɾˈswelo/ [oɾˈswe.lo]
• Rhymes: -elo
• Syllabification: or‧zue‧lo

Noun

orzuelo m (plural orzuelos)

1. stye

   Synonym: (Mexico) perrilla

Related terms

• hordio

 

Further reading

• “orzuelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014