Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar LatinCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#HOLLEJOCategory:Spanish terms derived from Vulgar Latin#HOLLEJO *folliclu, from LatinCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Latin#HOLLEJOCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#HOLLEJO folliculus, diminutive form of follis (“purse, sack”). Compare the borrowed doublet folículoCategory:Spanish doublets#HOLLEJO.

Cognate with Portuguese folhelho.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -exoCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/exo#HOLLEJOCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/exo/3 syllables#HOLLEJO
• Syllabification: ho‧lle‧jo

Noun

hollejo m (plural hollejos)Category:Spanish lemmas#HOLLEJOCategory:Spanish nouns#HOLLEJOCategory:Spanish countable nouns#HOLLEJOCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#HOLLEJOCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#HOLLEJOCategory:Pages with entries#HOLLEJOCategory:Pages with 1 entry#HOLLEJO

1. the skin or membrane covering some fruits and seeds, such as grapes, beans, etc.

   Synonyms: cáscara, piel

   • 2011, Francesc Navarro, Mauricio Wiesenthal, Todo lo que debes saber sobre el vino para impresionar en la mesa:

     También en el hollejo se encuentran los precursores de los aromas, sustancias inodoras que, durante el proceso de fermentación y posterior evolución del vino, liberarán moléculas volátiles que son las responsables de los aromas del vino

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2. the skin or membrane of an egg.
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 271:

     Se le corta una hoja, la que se echa a hervir en una cazuela, juntamente con siete tirillas de hollejo de huevo, y con una pequeña cinta, dentro de la cual hay cosidos siete pelos de perro blanco.

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3. the solid remains of fruit after pressing; pomace, marc

Further reading

• “hollejo”, 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