expósito

See also: exposito and Exposito

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin expositus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡsˈposito/ [eɣ̞sˈpo.si.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -osito
• Syllabification: ex‧pó‧si‧to

Adjective

expósito (feminine expósita, masculine plural expósitos, feminine plural expósitas)

1. (of a child) abandoned at birth

Noun

expósito m (plural expósitos, feminine expósita, feminine plural expósitas)

1. foundling

   Synonyms: peño, echadillo, enechado, inclusero

Further reading

• “expósito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28