atajadizo
Spanish
Etymology
By surface analysis, atajado + -izo, perhaps corresponding to a- + Vulgar Latin *taliātīcius, from Latin taliāre (“cut”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ataxaˈdiθo/ [a.t̪a.xaˈð̞i.θo] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /ataxaˈdiso/ [a.t̪a.xaˈð̞i.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iθo (Spain)
- Rhymes: -iso (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: a‧ta‧ja‧di‧zo
Noun
atajadizo m (plural atajadizos)
- partition wall or other means of enclosure
- smaller portion of a site
Further reading
- “atajadizo”, 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