añojo
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *annuclu < *annuculus, variant of anniculus (cf. also añejo (“aged”), which took on a different meaning).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈɲoxo/ [aˈɲo.xo]
- Rhymes: -oxo
- Syllabification: a‧ño‧jo
Noun
añojo m (plural añojos, feminine añoja, feminine plural añojas)
- a young bull between one and two years old
Related terms
Further reading
- “añojo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024