tejido

Spanish

Etymology

From tejer (“to weave”) +‎ -ido. Compare English tissue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈxido/ [t̪eˈxi.ð̞o]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ido
• Syllabification: te‧ji‧do

Noun

tejido m (plural tejidos)

1. textile, weaving, cloth

   Synonym: tela

2. weave, texture (a type or way of weaving)
3. (biology) tissue (a group of cells similar in origin that function together to do a specific job)

Derived terms

• tejido adiposo
• tejido celular
• tejido conjuntivo
• tejido fibroso
• tejido linfático
• tejido muscular
• tejido nervioso
• tejido óseo
• tejido social

Related terms

• tejedor

Participle

tejido (feminine tejida, masculine plural tejidos, feminine plural tejidas)

1. past participle of tejer

Further reading

• “tejido”, 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