abrojo
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Latin aperī oculōs (“open [your] eyes!”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
abrojo m (plural abrojos)
- (botany) thistle; thorn
- (weaponry) caltrop
- (in the plural, nautical) shoal
- Synonym: escollo
- (in the plural, figuratively) hardships
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “abrojo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014