botijo

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish botijo, from Spanish botija, from Vulgar Latin *buticula[1] (or from Late Latin butticula,[2] with attestation difficult to locate), from Vulgar Latin buttis (or LL.[3]).

Noun

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botijo (plural botijos)

  1. A traditional Spanish porous clay vessel designed to hold water and to cool it by evaporation.

References

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  1. ^ Etymology and history of bouteille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  2. ^ botija”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
  3. ^ idem.

Spanish

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Etymology

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From botija.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /boˈtixo/ [boˈt̪i.xo]
  • Rhymes: -ixo
  • Syllabification: bo‧ti‧jo

Noun

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botijo m (plural botijos)

  1. botijo
    • c. 1907, Luis Bonafoux, Gotas de sangre: crímenes y criminales:
      Al paso que van, no dudo que habrá que establecer trenes botijos para presidiarios reconocidos inocentes, después de haber pasado un cuarto de siglo trabajando bajo un sol que no alumbra
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

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  • English: botijo

Further reading

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