hijo

Meaning

  1. (masculine) son
  2. (masculine) child (when the gender of the child is unknown)

Frequency

A1
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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