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Spanish
Etymology
From guija (“pebble”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡiˈxaro/
- Rhymes: -aro
- Syllabification: gui‧ja‧rro
Noun
guijarro m (plural guijarros)
- pebble (stone)
1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 9:Su primer cuidado fué buscar las monedas, pero en sus bolsillos no encontró sino huesos, guijarros y bolitas de estiércol endurecido.- His first concern was to look for coins, but in his pockets he found nothing but bones, pebbles, and balls of hardened dung.
2009, Javier Fresán, “El paraíso perdido de José Antonio Pascual”, in Clarín, number 84, →ISSN, page 38:[…] En esta invitación gloriosa a la lectura, recuerda Quevedo la costumbre latina de marcar con guijarros los días que habrían de recordarse en el futuro como especialmente felices.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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