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cuajo

/ˈkwaxo/

noun, masculine/ˈkwaxo/plural: cuajos

rennet; curd; calmness, patience

Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Latin coāgulum. Compare the borrowed doublet coágulo.

noun, masculine/ˈkwaxo/plural: cuajos

a kind of card game

Borrowed from Hokkien, possibly 看好 (khòaⁿ-hó) or 看護 /看护 (khàn-hō͘ / khòaⁿ-hō͘ / khan-hō͘) or 看虎 (khòaⁿ hó͘, literally “watching the tiger”). Compare Tagalog kuwaho, Kapampangan kuwaho, English Cuajo, English Khanhoo.