botijo
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish botijo, from Spanish botija, from Vulgar Latin *buticula[1] (or from Late Latin butticula[2] , with attestation difficult to locate), from Vulgar Latin buttis (or LL.[3]).
Noun
botijo (plural botijos)
- A traditional Spanish porous clay vessel designed to hold water and to cool it by evaporation.
References
Spanish
Etymology
From botija.
Pronunciation
Noun
botijo m (plural botijos)
Further reading
- “botijo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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