pocillo

Spanish

Etymology

From pozo +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /poˈθiʝo/ [poˈθi.ʝo] (Spain)

• IPA^(key): /poˈθiʝo/ [poˈθi.ʝo] (most of Spain)
• IPA^(key): /poˈθiʎo/ [poˈθi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain)

 

• IPA^(key): /poˈsiʝo/ [poˈsi.ʝo] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /poˈsiʝo/ [poˈsi.ʝo] (most of Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /poˈsiʎo/ [poˈsi.ʎo] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

 

• IPA^(key): /poˈsiʃo/ [poˈsi.ʃo] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /poˈsiʃo/ [poˈsi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /poˈsiʒo/ [poˈsi.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo (most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -iʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: po‧ci‧llo

Noun

pocillo m (plural pocillos)

1. bowl, dish

   Synonyms: bol, plato

2. (Latin America, Galicia (Spain)) small coffee cup, mug

   Synonym: taza

Further reading

• “pocillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025