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noun, masculine

anjeo

/anˈxeo/

noun, masculine/anˈxeo/plural: anjeos

a kind of coarse linen cloth; a mesh placed over a door or window to let in air and keep out insects; a window screen

Era una típica casa antillana pintada toda de amarillo hasta el techo de cinc, con ventanas de anjeo y tiestos de claveles y helechos colgados en el portal[.]It was a typical Antillean house, painted yellow even to the tin roof, with burlap windows and pots of carnations and ferns hanging in the doorway.

Synonyms: mosquitero

Borrowed from Occitan Angeu (“Anjou”), the name of the province where it was originally made.

anjeo — Spanish Dictionary | Passage