poço

See also: poco, POCO, and póco

Portuguese

poço

Etymology

From Old 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)

well
Synonym: (Angola, Brazil) cacimba
pit

Derived terms

poça

Further reading

poço on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

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