expósito
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== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin expositus.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /eɡsˈposito/ [eɣ̞sˈpo.si.t̪o], (informal) /esˈposito/ [esˈpo.si.t̪o]
Rhymes: -osito
Syllabification: ex‧pó‧si‧to
=== Adjective ===
expósito (feminine expósita, masculine plural expósitos, feminine plural expósitas)
(of a child) abandoned at birth
=== Noun ===
expósito m (plural expósitos, feminine expósita, feminine plural expósitas)
foundling
Synonyms: peño, echadillo, enechado, inclusero
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“expósito”, 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