Masculine

sótano

Meaning

  1. (masculine) cellar
  2. (masculine) basement
  3. (Mexico, Northern, masculine) pit

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
só‧ta‧no
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsotano/
Etymology

In summary

From alteration of Old Spanish sótalo, from Vulgar Latin *subtulum, from Latin subtus. Compare Portuguese sótão (“attic”). Less likely from a Vulgar Latin *subtanus (whence Italian sottano), itself also a derivative of subtus (“below”).

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