azulejo

[ Spanish ah-soo-le-haw, ah-thoo-; Portuguese ah-zoo-le-zhoo ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural a·zu·le·jos [ah-soo-, le, -haws, ah-thoo-, ah-zoo-, le, -zh, oo, sh].

(in Spanish-speaking and Portuguese-speaking countries) a glazed and painted tile used as a wainscot or facing.

Origin of azulejo¹

1835–45; < Spanish: blue tile, derivative of azul blue

The Azulejo had been lost, but was brought in quite spent, by Barckhausen.

Behind him hung one of Alberto's cages, an azulejo fluttering inside.

Such were the processes in use among the azulejo-makers of old Seville.

Niculoso introduced this kind of azulejo painting into Seville.

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