hayedo
Spanish
Etymology
From earlier haedo, inherited from Vulgar Latin *fāgētum, from Latin fāgus. Influenced by haya. Compare Asturian fayéu, Italian faggeto, Romanian făget.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈʝedo/ [aˈʝe.ð̞o] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
- IPA(key): /aˈʃedo/ [aˈʃe.ð̞o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /aˈʒedo/ [aˈʒe.ð̞o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -edo
- Syllabification: ha‧ye‧do
Noun
hayedo m (plural hayedos)
- beechwood, area of beeches
- 2015 July 23, “Senderismo refrescante para el verano”, in El País[1]:
- Pasa por la Fageda d’en Jordà –uno de los más densos y viejos hayedos de La Garrotxa–, la ermita de Sant Miquel de Sacot y el volcán de Santa Margarida.
- It crosses the Fageda d’en Jordà –one of the thickest and oldest beech woods in La Garrotxa–, the chapel of Sant Miquel Sacot and the Santa Margarida volcano.
Further reading
- “hayedo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025