cajuela

From Spanish cajuela.

cajuela (plural cajuelas)

1. A large container for gathering coffee cherries in Central America.
2. The amount that this container can hold, typically 17 liters (4.5 gallons).

From caja +‎ -uela: ironic diminutive of caja.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈxwela/ [kaˈxwe.la]

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• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: ca‧jue‧la

cajuela f (plural cajuelas)

1. (Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico) trunk, boot (of a car)

   Synonym: maletero

• “cajuela”, 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