patojo
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From pato (“duck”), resembling a duck's manner of walking.
Adjective[edit]
patojo (feminine patoja, masculine plural patojos, feminine plural patojas)
- bow-legged
- (by extension) limping; having difficulty when walking
Noun[edit]
patojo m (plural patojos, feminine patoja, feminine plural patojas)
- bow-legged person
- (by extension) a person having difficulty when walking; a limping person
- (Central America) kid (child)
Further reading[edit]
- “patojo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014