quejigo
Spanish, noun/keˈxiɡo/
quejigo is spelled Q-U-E-J-I-G-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish, the 183,993rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quejigo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Portuguese oak (Quercus faginea)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Quercus faginea) Árbol marcescente de la familia de las fagáceas, natural de la Península Ibérica. Es de…”.
What does quejigo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinePortuguese oak (Quercus faginea)
- 2
masculinea small oak, or one that is not fully grown
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Quercus faginea) Árbol marcescente de la familia de las fagáceas, natural de la Península Ibérica. Es de porte mediano, alcanzando los 20 m, con el tronco de hasta 1 m de diámetro recubierto de una corteza rugosa de color pardogrisáceo. Las hojas son dentadas, de hasta 10 x 4 cm, de color verde oscuro por el haz y grisáceas por el envés, piloso. A comienzos de primavera florece en amentos que fru 2. Roble que aún no ha alcanzado todo su desarrollo regular.
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 quejigo
- quejigos plural
- cajigo alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quejigo?
- /keˈxiɡo/
- [keˈxi.ɣ̞o]
- [keˈxiɣ̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is quejigo in Spanish?
quejigo appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).