poyo

English

Noun

poyo (uncountable)

(West Africa) palm wine

Anagrams

yoop, yopo

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish poyo, from Latin podium, whence also podio, a borrowed doublet. Akin to Catalan puig, French puy, Italian poggio.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈpoʝo/ [ˈpo.ʝo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈpoʃo/ [ˈpo.ʃo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈpoʒo/ [ˈpo.ʒo]

Rhymes: -oʝo
Syllabification: po‧yo
Homophone: pollo (in dialects with yeísmo)

Noun

poyo m (plural poyos)

a bench of stone or other material that is attached to a door

Related terms

apoyar
podio

Further reading

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

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