pecio

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeθjo/ [ˈpe.θjo] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈpesjo/ [ˈpe.sjo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eθjo (Spain)
• Rhymes: -esjo (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: pe‧cio

Noun

pecio m (plural pecios)

1. piece of flotsam or jetsam (fragment of a shipwreck or of its contents)

   Synonym: echazón

2. (by extension) shipwreck (the entire remains of a ruined vessel)

   Synonyms: naufragio, derrelicto

Further reading

• “pecio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024