hijo
Meaning
- (masculine) son
- (masculine) child (when the gender of the child is unknown)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
hi‧jo
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈixo/
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish fijo, from Latin fīlius (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁y-li-os (“sucker”), a derivation from the verbal root *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck”).
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Sentences
Hijo de inmigrantes polacos .
Son of Polish immigrants.
Era hijo de los ciudadanos austríacos Leon y Charlotte Klemperer.
He was the son of Austrian citizens Leon and Charlotte Klemperer.