tejo

See also: TEJO, Tejo, tejó, and tejō

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀢𑁂𑀚𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• तेजो (Devanagari script)
• তেজো (Bengali script)
• තෙජො (Sinhalese script)
• တေဇော or တေၹေႃ (Burmese script)
• เตโช (Thai script)
• ᨲᩮᨩᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຕໂຊ (Lao script)
• តេជោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄖𑄬𑄎𑄮 (Chakma script)

Noun

tejo

1. nominative/vocative/accusative singular of tejas (“brilliance”)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtexo/ [ˈt̪e.xo]
• Rhymes: -exo
• Syllabification: te‧jo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin taxus (“yew”).

Noun

tejo m (plural tejos)

1. yew

Etymology 2

Masculine form of teja (“tile”).

Noun

tejo m (plural tejos)

1. a shard, tile, quoit or similar object used in various games
2. shuffleboard or any of the games played using a shard or tile
3. (Colombia) a traditional throwing sport in Colombia, throwing a metal puck/disc at small targets that contain gunpowder and explode on impact

Derived terms

• jugar al tejo (“to play hopscotch”)
• mesa de tejo (“air hockey table”) (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay)
• tejo japonés
• tejuelo m
• tirar los tejos

Etymology 3

Noun

tejo m (plural tejos)

1. (Canary Islands) hopscotch

   Synonyms: teje, rayuela

Etymology 4

Verb

tejo

1. first-person singular present indicative of tejar
2. first-person singular present indicative of tejer

Further reading

• “tejo”, 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