pocillo

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish pozo

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin -ellus

Old Spanish -iello

Spanish -illo

Spanish pocillo

From pozo + -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /poˈθiʝo/ [poˈθi.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)

• IPA^(key): /poˈθiʝo/ [poˈθi.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain)
• IPA^(key): /poˈθiʎo/ [poˈθi.ʎo] (rustic northern Spain)

 

• IPA^(key): /poˈsiʝo/ [poˈsi.ʝo] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /poˈsiʝo/ [poˈsi.ʝo] (most of Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /poˈsiʎo/ [poˈsi.ʎo] (northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /poˈsiʃo/ [poˈsi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /poˈsiʒo/ [poˈsi.ʒo] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /poˈsio/ [poˈsi.o] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -iʎo (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒo (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• Rhymes: -io (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: po‧ci‧llo

Noun

pocillo m (plural pocillos)

1. bowl, dish

   Synonyms: bol, plato

2. (Latin America, Galicia) small coffee cup, mug

   Synonym: taza

Further reading

• “pocillo”, 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