grajo

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɡrajɔ]

Verb

grajo

third-person singular present of graś

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *graclu(s), syncopated form of Latin grāculus (“jackdaw”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *greh₂-k- (“croak”). Compare English grackle, Italian gracchio, and Portuguese gralho.

Noun

grajo m (plural grajos, feminine graja, feminine plural grajas)

A kind of bird:
1. rook (Corvus frugilegus)
2. jay, grackle (general term) (clarification of this definition is needed)
3. San Blas jay (Cyanocorax sanblasianus)
4. great-tailed grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
(Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Peru, Dominican Republic) body odour
A kind of plant:
1. (Cuba, Puerto Rico) Eugenia axillaris
2. (Cuba) Auerodendron cubense
3. (Dominican Republic) white twinevine (Funastrum clausum)
(rare) charlatan

Synonyms

(San Blas jay): cháchara, cherrete, querre-querre, queixque San Blasiano
(great-tailed grackle): acazanate, clarinero, huertero, itzlaolzanate, izanatl, mulato, pájaro prieto, papate, picho, tordo grande, tordo macho, urraca, zanate
(body odour): sobaquina
(charlatan): charlatán

Derived terms

grajo azul
grajo azulejo
grajo verde
no entiendo de graja pelada

References

“grajo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988) A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna‎, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 419

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