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piojo.

a louse, a cootie (a kind of parasitic insect, lice)

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpjoxo/[ˈpjo.xo]
  1. a louse, a cootie (a kind of parasitic insect, lice)

    masculine
    Todavía está en la edad en que cree que las chicas tienen piojos.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Spanish pioio, from Late Latin peduclus < peduculus, variant of Latin pēdīculus, from pēdis, from Proto-Indo-European *pezd-. Compare Portuguese piolho. Doublet of pedículo.

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