hoyo

See also: hōyō

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fovea, with a change in gender or possibly through a Vulgar Latin form *foveum. Compare Portuguese fojo, Galician foxo, Asturian fueyu.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈoʝo/ [ˈo.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /ˈoʝo/ [ˈo.ʝo] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay, northern Mexico, Yucatán and Central America (except Panama))
• IPA^(key): /ˈoʃo/ [ˈo.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈoʒo/ [ˈo.ʒo] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈojo/ [ˈo.jo] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -oʝo
• Syllabification: ho‧yo

Noun

hoyo m (plural hoyos)

1. hole

   Synonym: agujero

2. (golf) hole

Derived terms

• creerse el hoyo del queque
• hoyito
• hoyo negro
• hoyoso
• hoyuelo

Related terms

• hoya

See also

• abertura
• bache
• boca
• hueco
• ojo
• orificio

Further reading

• “hoyo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Warao

Noun

hoyo

1. stone