poço

See also: poco, POCO, and póco

Old Spanish
poço

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin puteus

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpo.t͡so/

Noun

poço m (plural poços)

  1. well (hole in the ground as a source of water or other fluids)
    • c. 1132, Cartularios de Valpuesta, doc 162
      (...) et abet se adimplir del poço de sancto Dominico per foro (...)
      And it is to be fulfilled from the well of Saint Dominic by charter.

Descendants
  • Spanish: pozo

Portuguese
poço

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese poço, from Latin puteus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *paw- (“to strike”). Compare Galician pozo, Spanish pozo, Catalan pou, Occitan potz, French puits, Italian pozzo and Romanian puț.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpo.su/

  • Rhymes: -osu
  • Hyphenation: po‧ço

Noun

poço m (plural poços, metaphonic)

  1. well
    Synonyms: (Angola, Brazil) cacimba, (Angola) quixima
  2. pit

Derived terms

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