añejo

See also: añejó and anejo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish añejo.

Noun

añejo (plural añejos)

1. A tequila or rum which has been aged.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɲexo/ [aˈɲe.xo]
• Rhymes: -exo
• Syllabification: a‧ñe‧jo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *anniclus, syncopated form of Latin anniculus (“one-year-old”). Cf. also añojo, which derives from a variant form and preserves the meaning more closely.

Adjective

añejo (feminine añeja, masculine plural añejos, feminine plural añejas)

1. aged (of food, particularly wine, but also cheese or alcoholic spirits such as rum)

   Antonyms: fresco, nuevo

2. (wine) vintage

   Synonyms: cosecha, vendimia

3. more than one year old

Derived terms

• añejar

Related terms

• año
• añojo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

añejo

1. first-person singular present indicative of añejar

Further reading

• “añejo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Anagrams

• ajeno, enoja