hospicio

See also: hospício

Latin

Noun

hospiciō

1. dative/ablative singular of hospicium

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hospitium, from hospes (“host, guest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /osˈpiθjo/ [osˈpi.θjo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /osˈpisjo/ [osˈpi.sjo]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -iθjo
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -isjo
• Syllabification: hos‧pi‧cio

Noun

hospicio m (plural hospicios)

1. hospice

Related terms

• hospedar
• hospital
• hospitalidad
• huésped

 

Further reading

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