hoyoso

Spanish

Etymology

From hoyo +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oˈʝoso/ [oˈʝo.so]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /oˈʝoso/ [oˈʝo.so]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /oˈʃoso/ [oˈʃo.so]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /oˈʒoso/ [oˈʒo.so]

• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: ho‧yo‧so

Adjective

hoyoso (feminine hoyosa, masculine plural hoyosos, feminine plural hoyosas)

1. holey; riddled with holes

Further reading

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