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Spanish
Etymology
From hoja, or from a Vulgar Latin *foliola, from Latin folium. Compare Galician filloa, folloa, Portuguese filhó.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈxwela/
- Rhymes: -ela
- Syllabification: ho‧jue‧la
Noun
hojuela f (plural hojuelas)
- a little leaf
1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 274:El que posee una hoja de trébol de cuatro hojuelas que él mismo haya descubierto, no tiene por qué temer los reveses de la fortuna, pues ninguno de importancia le alcanzará.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- flake (such as a cornflake)
- a hojuela, a sweet pastry
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