anjeo

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Occitan Angeu (Anjou), the name of the province where it was originally made.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /anˈxeo/ [ãŋˈxe.o]
  • Rhymes: -eo
  • Syllabification: an‧je‧o

Noun

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anjeo m (plural anjeos)

  1. a kind of coarse linen cloth
  2. (Colombia) a mesh placed over a door or window to let in air and keep out insects; a window screen
    Synonym: mosquitero
    • 1985, Gabriel García Márquez, El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Vintage, published 2003, page 322:
      Era una típica casa antillana pintada toda de amarillo hasta el techo de cinc, con ventanas de anjeo y tiestos de claveles y helechos colgados en el portal[.]
      It was a typical Antillean house, painted yellow even to the tin roof, with burlap windows and pots of carnations and ferns hanging in the doorway.

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