Spanish edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpjoxo/ [ˈpjo.xo]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -oxo
  • Syllabification: pio‧jo

Noun edit

piojo m (plural piojos)

  1. a louse, a cootie (a kind of parasitic insect, lice)
    Todavía está en la edad en que cree que las chicas tienen piojos.
    He's still at the age where he thinks girls have cooties.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Northern Puebla Nahuatl: pioxo

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Further reading edit