Masculine
sótano
Meaning
- (masculine) cellar
- (masculine) basement
- (Mexico, Northern, masculine) pit
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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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