rocío

• IPA^(key): /roˈθio/ [roˈθi.o] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /roˈsio/ [roˈsi.o] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -io
• Syllabification: ro‧cí‧o

Inherited from Old Spanish rucio, or deverbal from rociar, from Vulgar Latin *rōscidare, from Latin rōscidus (“filled with dew”), from rōs (“dew”).

rocío m (plural rocíos)

1. dew (moisture on cool surfaces that condenses from the surrounding moist air)
2. sprinkle, shower (brief, light rain)
3. quaff, chug
4. spray
5. ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)

rocío

1. first-person singular present indicative of rociar

• “rocío”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024