pajizo

Spanish

Etymology

From paja +‎ -izo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈxiθo/ [paˈxi.θo] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /paˈxiso/ [paˈxi.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iθo (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -iso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: pa‧ji‧zo

Adjective

pajizo (feminine pajiza, masculine plural pajizos, feminine plural pajizas)

1. covered or made of straw
2. yellowish, straw (color)
   • 1927, Federico García Lorca, “La monja gitana”, in Romancero Gitano:

     La monja borda alhelíes / sobre una tela pajiza.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

See also

• cetrino

Further reading

• “pajizo”, 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