aparejo

See also: aparejó

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish aparejobor.

English aparejo

Borrowed from Spanish aparejo.

Noun

aparejo (plural aparejos or aparejoes)

1. (historical, especially military) A kind of packsaddle formerly used in the United States military, and in Latin America, made of leather stuffed with hay, moss, or similar substances.

Translations

packsaddle made of leather stuffed with hay

• Portuguese: albarda (pt) f

References

• “aparejo”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apaˈɾexo/ [a.paˈɾe.xo]
• Rhymes: -exo
• Syllabification: a‧pa‧re‧jo

Etymology 1

Deverbal from aparejar.

Noun

aparejo m (plural aparejos)

1. fishing tackle
2. gear, equipment
3. elevation hoist
4. (nautical) rigging
5. packsaddle

Derived terms

• albarda sobre aparejo

Etymology 2

Verb

aparejo

1. first-person singular present indicative of aparejar

Further reading

• “aparejo”, 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