See also: Piojó

Spanish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

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Descendants

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  • Northern Puebla Nahuatl: pioxo

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