fojo
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French fois, ultimately from Latin vicis. Doublet of vico.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fojo (accusative singular fojon, plural fojoj, accusative plural fojojn)
- time, occasion
- Vi povas memori fojon kiam vi timegiĝis, ĉu ne?
- You can recall an occasion when you were very frightened, can’t you?
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Ido: foyo
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin *foveus, from fovea.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -oʒu
- Hyphenation: fo‧jo
Noun edit
fojo m (plural fojos)
- deep pit with hidden opening, to catch ferocious animals (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
- trap similar to this pit made to capture the enemy in time of war (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
- cave
- pit that opens in mines, to store water (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
- place of refuge (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
- water and mud drainage (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
- very deep place in a river (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)