pósito

See also: posito

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin positus. Doublet of puesto.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pósito m (plural pósitos)

1. governmental institution in charge of collecting and storing grain in order to distribute it in times of need
2. a storehouse where the grain collected by an such institution is kept, a granary

Further reading

• “pósito”, 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