cuajo

See also: cuajó

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkwaxo/ [ˈkwa.xo]
Rhymes: -axo
Syllabification: cua‧jo

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish [Term?], from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin quāglum/ *coāglum, from syncopation of Latin coāgulum. Compare the borrowed doublet coágulo.

Noun

cuajo m (plural cuajos)

Derived terms

de cuajo
ranacuajo m

Related terms

Verb

cuajo

first-person singular present indicative of cuajar

Etymology 3

From Hokkien, possibly 看好 (khòaⁿ-hó) or 看護／看护 (khàn-hō͘ / khòaⁿ-hō͘ / khan-hō͘) or 看虎 (khòaⁿ hó͘, literally “watching the tiger”). Compare Tagalog kuwaho, Kapampangan kuwaho, English Cuajo, English Khanhoo.

Noun

cuajo m (plural cuajos)

(Philippines, card games) a kind of card game

Further reading

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

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