hoyo
See also: hōyō
Spanish
Etymology
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): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈoʝo/ [ˈo.ʝo]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈoʃo/ [ˈo.ʃo]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈoʒo/ [ˈo.ʒo]
- Rhymes: -oʝo
- Syllabification: ho‧yo
Noun
hoyo m (plural hoyos)
- hole
- Synonym: agujero
- (golf) hole
Derived terms
- hoyito
- hoyo negro
- hoyuelo
Related terms
- hoya
See also
- abertura
- bache
- boca
- hueco
- ojo
- orificio
Further reading
- “hoyo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Warao
Noun
hoyo
- stone