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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish talaje, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl tlālāxin, from tlālli (“earth”) + āxin.
Noun
talaje (plural talajes)
- a kind of tick (Ornithodoros talaje)
Translations
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taˈlaxe/
- Rhymes: -axe
- Syllabification: ta‧la‧je
Etymology 1
From talar (“fell (trees)”) + -aje (“-age”).
Noun
talaje m (plural talajes)
- (Chile) grazing
- (Chile) fee paid for the right to graze on another's land
Etymology 2
Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl tlālāxin, from tlālli (“earth”) + āxin.
Noun
talaje m (plural talajes)
- talaje (parasite)
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