hocino

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *faucinus, from Latin faucēs.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /oˈθino/ [oˈθi.no]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /oˈsino/ [oˈsi.no]
Rhymes: -ino
Syllabification: ho‧ci‧no

Noun

hocino m (plural hocinos)

glen, valley
gorge, narrows (of a navigable waterway between mountains)
(in the plural) riverside fields or land
(agriculture) sickle, billhook

Further reading

“hocino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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