piojo

Meaning

a louse, a cootie (a kind of parasitic insect, lice)

Concepts

louse

vulgar

head louse

body louse

nit

lice

cootie

Synonyms

hoyo

🕳️

pobre

consuegro

sabandija

piojo de cabeza

cochocho

dilla

Translations

pou

Laus

pidocchio

luis

piolho

ψείρα

poll

🐔

pediculus

bit

قَمْلَةٌ

قملة

pedis

قَمْلٌ

piattola

Hyphenated as

pio‧jo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpjoxo/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: pēdīculus

Cognate with Portuguese: piolho

In summary

Inherited from Late Latin peduclus < peduculus, variant of Latin pēdīculus, from pēdis, from Proto-Indo-European *pezd-. Compare Portuguese piolho. Doublet of pedículo.