Masculine
🕳️

hoyo

Meaning

  1. (masculine) hole
  2. (masculine) hole

Concepts

hole
🕳️
pit
hollow
pothole
cavity
opening
cave
grave
🪦
gully
mouth
ravine
recess
trough
tunnel
valley
window
🪟

pock mark

canal
depression
crook
crotch
dent
dimple
gap
gorge
Synonyms

agujero
B1
🕳️
hueco
C1
foso
C2
cavidad
C2
fosa
C2
bache
22k
antro
C2
abertura
20k
pasillo
B2
hoya
orificio
22k
corredor
B2
estancia
C1
consuegro
descolorido
excavación
C2
s
A2
socavón
🕳️

fosa submarina

hornacina

depresión del terreno

forado

huraco

ano
C2
barranco
C2
brecha
C2
hondonada
hoyuelo
piojo
41k
pozo
B2
seno
C2
ventana
A2
🪟
alacena
29k
boquete
concavidad
Translations

Loch
🕳️
trou
🕳️
Vertiefung
buraco
buco
🕳️
Grube
creux
gat
fossa
buca
🕳️
forat
🕳️
clot

οπή

τρύπα

cavitat
Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
ho‧yo
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈoʝo/
Etymology

Inherited from Latin
Latin
fovea
Cognate with Portuguese
Portuguese
fojo
Cognate with Galician
Galician
foxo
Cognate with Asturian
fueyu
In summary

Inherited from Latin fovea, with a change in gender or possibly through a Vulgar Latin form *foveum. Compare Portuguese fojo, Galician foxo, Asturian fueyu.

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