alejo

See also: Alejo and alejó

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈlexo/ [aˈle.xo]
  • Rhymes: -exo
  • Syllabification: a‧le‧jo

Adjective

alejo (feminine aleja, masculine plural alejos, feminine plural alejas)

  1. aloof

Verb

alejo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of alejar

Further reading

  • “alejo”, in Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española [Thesaurus of the Historical Dictionaries of the Spanish Language], Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2021
  • “alejo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

Yoruba

Etymology

From à- +‎ ni +‎ ejò

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.lē.d͡ʒò/

Noun

àlejò

  1. visitor; guest; stranger
    Synonyms: àjèjì, àrè, alátìpó
  2. (euphemistic) menstruation
    Synonyms: nǹkan-oṣù, àṣẹ́

Derived terms

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