poio

From Old Galician-Portuguese poio, from Latin podium, from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion, “base”). Doublet of podio.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpojo̝/

poio m (plural poios)

1. stone bench annexed to a house

   Synonym: poial

2. stone platform designed to rest loads along a way

   Synonym: poial

3. (archaic) hillock

• poial
• Poio

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “poyo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “poyo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “poio”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “poio”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “poio”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Inherited from Latin podium. Cognate with Old Spanish poyo.

poio m (plural poios)

1. hill, hillock

   Synonyms: monte, outeiro

• Galician: poio
• Portuguese: poio

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese poio, from Latin podium. Compare Galician poio and Spanish poyo. Doublet of pódio.

• Rhymes: -oju
• Hyphenation: poi‧o

poio m (plural poios)

1. a fixed bench, usually made of stone, attached to the entry of a house

   Synonym: poial

2. (rare) hill, hillock
3. (figuratively) dunghill, heap of manure

   Synonym: poia

4. (Madeira) terrace (a raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides used for agriculture)

   Synonym: socalco

• “poio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “poio” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913