ojo
التعريفات والمعاني
== Ladino ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Spanish ojo, from Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈɔʒɔ]
=== Noun ===
ojo m (plural ojos)
(anatomy) eye
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Spanish ojo, from Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus. Doublet of óculo. Cognate to Portuguese olho, French œil, Italian occhio, Romanian ochi. Compare English ogle.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈoxo/ [ˈo.xo]
Rhymes: -oxo
Syllabification: o‧jo
=== Noun ===
ojo m (plural ojos)
eye
keyhole
caution
==== Derived terms ====
(diminutive ojillo or ojito) (augmentative ojazo, ojón, or ojote)
==== Related terms ====
==== Descendants ====
Palenquero: oho
=== Interjection ===
¡ojo!
look! watch out!
=== Further reading ===
“ojo”, 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
“ojo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
== Venetan ==
=== Alternative forms ===
ogio (classical)
oio (obsolete)
=== Etymology ===
From Latin oleum, from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion).
=== Pronunciation ===
(central) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.jo/
(lagoon) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.d͡ʒo/
=== Noun ===
ojo m (plural oji)
oil (especially edible oil)
==== Derived terms ====
ojo esensiałe (essential oil)
ojo graso (fatty oil)
ojo minerałe (mineral oil)
ojo d'ołiva (olive oil)
ojo de semense (seed oil)
== Yoruba ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Compare with Olukumi òzò, perhaps from ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) + jò (“to leak, drip”)
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ò.d͡ʒò/
==== Noun ====
òjò
rain
Synonym: eji
òjò ó pa wa ― The rain drenched us
===== Derived terms =====
ìgbà òjò (“rainy season”)
sáà òjò (“period of rain”)
ọ̀wààrà òjò (“rain showers, heavy rain”)
rọ̀jò (“to rain”)
ìdiwọ̀n òjò (“rainfall”)
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ō.d͡ʒō/
==== Noun ====
ojo
(sometimes derogatory) coward
ojo pátápátá gbáà ni ẹ́ ― You are a complete coward
cowardice
Synonym: ojora
===== Derived terms =====
ojobìnrin
ojokùnrin