hoyo

See also: hōyō

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fovea, with a change in gender or possibly through a Vulgar Latin form *foveum. Compare Portuguese fojo, Galician foxo, Asturian fueyu.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈoʝo/ [ˈo.ʝo] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /ˈoʃo/ [ˈo.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /ˈoʒo/ [ˈo.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -oʝo
  • Syllabification: ho‧yo

Noun

hoyo m (plural hoyos)

  1. hole
    Synonym: agujero
  2. (golf) hole

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

Warao

Noun

hoyo

  1. stone
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