quejigo
Spanish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editAlteration of earlier cajigo, from Asturian caxigu (“oak”), from Proto-Celtic *cassicu (compare Aragonese caixico), from *cass- (“twisted, gnarled”) (compare Irish cas (“to twist”)); akin to French chêne (“oak”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editquejigo m (plural quejigos)
- Portuguese oak (Quercus faginea)
- a small oak, or one that is not fully grown
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “quejigo”, 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
- Quercus faginea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Quercus faginea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies