rocío

From Old Spanish rucio, or from the verb rociar, from Vulgar Latin *rōscidare, from Latin rōscidus (“filled with dew”), from rōs (“dew”).

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /roˈθio/ [roˈθi.o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /roˈsio/ [roˈsi.o]

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• Rhymes: -io
• Syllabification: ro‧cí‧o

rocío m (plural rocíos)

1. dew (moisture on cool surfaces that condenses from the surrounding moist air)
2. sprinkle, shower (brief, light rain)
3. quaff, chug
4. spray

rocío

1. first-person singular present indicative of rociar

• “rocío”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014