ruejo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rotulus. Doublet of rollo and rótulo, the first likely borrowed from Portuguese and the latter from Latin. Compare English roll, role.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrwexo/ [ˈrwe.xo]
• Rhymes: -exo
• Syllabification: rue‧jo

Noun

ruejo m (plural ruejos)

1. round rock
2. a stonen roller, stonen rolling pin
3. (colloquial, Teruel and Zaragoza) millstone; water-wheel, millwheel

Related terms

• arrojar

 

Further reading

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