cadejo
Spanish, noun/kaˈdexo/
cadejo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “tangle (of hair)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Parte del cabello muy enredada que se separa para desenredarla y peinarla”.
What does cadejo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetangle (of hair)
- 2
masculinea supernatural spirit, dog-shaped creature with red eyes, that would increase size when assaulted, wanders the isolated roads at night
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Parte del cabello muy enredada que se separa para desenredarla y peinarla. 2. Madeja pequeña de hilo o seda. 3. Conjunto de muchos hilos para hacer borlas u otra obra de cordonería.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cadejo
- cadejos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cadejo?
- /kaˈdexo/
- [kaˈð̞e.xo]
- [kaˈð̞exo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cadejo in Spanish?
cadejo appears about once in every 29 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).