Masculine
Meaning

  1. (masculine) well
  2. (masculine) pit

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpo.su/
Etymology

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese poço, from Latin puteus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *paw- (“to strike”). Compare Galician pozo, Spanish pozo, Catalan pou, Occitan potz, French puits, Italian pozzo and Romanian puț.

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