tejuelo
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom tejo (“quoit”) + -uelo (“little”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittejuelo m (plural tejuelos)
- small disk, small quoit
- backbone title label (in bookbinding)
- pillow block, pivot bearing (in mechanics)
- sole of a hoof (in veterinary medicine)
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- → Portuguese: tijolo
Further reading
edit- “tejuelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014