ojo

See also: òjò, ōjo, and ōjō

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Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔʒɔ]

Noun

ojo m (Latin spelling, plural ojos)

1. (anatomy) eye

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus, from Proto-Italic *okelos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Doublet of óculo. Cognate to Portuguese olho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoxo/
• Rhymes: -oxo

Noun

ojo m (plural ojos)

1. eye
2. keyhole

Derived terms

(diminutive ojillo or ojito) (augmentative ojazo, ojón, or ojote)

Derived terms

• anteojos
• hacer el ojo
• mal de ojo
• ojear
• ojialegre

• ojimoreno
• ojinegro
• ojituerto

Related terms

• aojar
• ocular
• ojoso

Descendants

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• Palenquero: oho

Interjection

¡ojo!

1. look! watch out!

Further reading

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

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Venetian

Alternative forms

• ogio

Etymology

From Latin oleum.

Noun

ojo m (plural oji)

1. oil (especially edible oil)

Derived terms

• ojo esensiałe
• ojo graso
• ojo minerałe