poço
See also: poco, POCO, and póco
Portuguese
poço
Etymology
From Old Portuguese poço, from Latin puteus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *paw- (“to strike”). Compare Galician pozo, Spanish pozo, Catalan pou, Occitan potz, French puits, Italian pozzo and Romanian puț.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpo.su/
- Rhymes: -osu
- Hyphenation: po‧ço
Noun
poço m (plural poços, metaphonic)
- well
- Synonym: (Angola, Brazil) cacimba
- pit
Derived terms
- poça
Further reading
poço on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt