entrecejo

Spanish

Etymology

From entre (“between”) and cejas (“eyebrows”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /entɾeˈθexo/ [ẽn̪.t̪ɾeˈθe.xo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /entɾeˈsexo/ [ẽn̪.t̪ɾeˈse.xo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -exo
• Syllabification: en‧tre‧ce‧jo

Noun

entrecejo m (plural entrecejos)

1. glabella (the space between the eyebrows)

Further reading

• “entrecejo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025