poleo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pūlegium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈleo/ [poˈle.o]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: po‧le‧o

Noun

poleo m (plural poleos)

1. pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium)
2. (Argentina, Chile) Lippia turbinata
3. (Ecuador) Minthostachys spp

   Synonyms: (Argentina) peperina, (Peru, Bolivia) muña, (Peru) chamcua, (Ecuador) tipo

Further reading

• “poleo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10