hoyo

See also: hōyō

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited 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): /ˈoʝo/ [ˈo.ʝo]

• 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)

1. hole

   Synonym: agujero

2. (golf) hole

Derived terms

• hoyito
• hoyo negro
• hoyoso
• hoyuelo

 

Related terms

• hoya

 

See also

• abertura
• bache
• boca
• hueco
• ojo
• orificio

Further reading

• “hoyo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

Warao

Noun

hoyo

1. stone