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GALICIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

foxo.

pit (hole in the ground)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈfoʃo/[ˈfo.ʃʊ]
  1. pit (hole in the ground)

    masculine
  2. trapping pit (a camouflaged pit used to capture large animals)

    masculine
  3. moat (defensive ditch surrounding a fortification)

    masculine
  4. gap (difference between ideas, concepts or situations)

    figuratively · masculine
  5. ditch

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese, attested as fogio in 13th century local documents; from Latin fovea (“pit”), with a change in gender or possibly through a Vulgar Latin form *foveum, or either from Vulgar Latin *fodia. Compare Portuguese fojo, Spanish hoyo, Asturian fueyu.

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