espejo

Inherited from Spanish espejo.

• IPA^(key): /esˈpexo/, [esˈpe.xo]
• Hyphenation: es‧pe‧jo

espejo

1. mirror

From Old Spanish espeio, from Vulgar Latin speclum, from Latin speculum.

• IPA^(key): /esˈpeʒo/

espejo m (Latin spelling, plural espejos)

1. mirror

Inherited from Old Spanish espeio, from Vulgar Latin speclum (or perhaps a variant form *spiclum), syncopated form of Latin speculum.^[1] Compare the borrowed doublet espéculo. Cognate with English speculum.

• IPA^(key): /esˈpexo/ [esˈpe.xo]

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• Rhymes: -exo
• Syllabification: es‧pe‧jo

espejo m (plural espejos)

1. mirror

• Chavacano: espejo
• → Cebuano: espeho
• → Hiligaynon: espeho
• → Isthmus Zapotec: speju
• → Karao: ispiho
• → Murui Huitoto: epejo

• “espejo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28