pozol

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl pozolli (“stew of maize kernels”), from which also Spanish pozole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /poˈθol/ [poˈθol]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /poˈsol/ [poˈsol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: po‧zol

Noun

pozol m (plural pozoles)

1. a drink made from purple maize and sugar, popular among indigenous communities in southern Mexico and parts of Central America

See also

• pozole

Further reading

• “pozol”, 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