Alteration of oso, from Latin ursus (“bear”).
- IPA(key): /ˈxoso/ [ˈxo.so]
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: jo‧so
joso m (plural josos)
- (New Mexico) Alternative form of oso (“bear”)
- Garland D. Bills, Neddy A. Vigil (2008) The Spanish Language of New Mexico and Southern Colorado: A Linguistic Atlas[1], University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN
- Rubén Cobos (2003) A Dictionary of New Mexico & Southern Colorado Spanish[2], Museum of New Mexico Press, →ISBN