poço
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poço m (plural poços)
- well (hole in the ground as a source of water or other fluids)
- c. 1132, Cartularios de Valpuesta, doc 162
- (...) et abet se adimplir del poço de sancto Dominico per foro (...)
- And it is to be fulfilled from the well of Saint Dominic by charter.
- c. 1132, Cartularios de Valpuesta, doc 162
Descendants edit
- Spanish: pozo
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Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese poço, from Latin puteus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *paw- (“to strike”). Compare Galician pozo, Spanish pozo, Catalan pou, Occitan potz, French puits, Italian pozzo and Romanian puț.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -osu
- Hyphenation: po‧ço
Noun edit
poço m (plural poços, metaphonic)
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Further reading edit
- poço on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt