piojo

== Chavacano == === Etymology === Inherited from Spanish piojo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpjoxo/, [ˈpjo.xo] Hyphenation: pi‧o‧jo === Noun === piojo (Caviteño, Ternateño) louse Synonym: (Cotabateño, Zamboangueño) kuto == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish pioio, from Late Latin peduclus < peduculus, variant of Latin pēdīculus, from pēdis, from Proto-Indo-European *pezd-. Compare Portuguese piolho. Doublet of pedículo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpjoxo/ [ˈpjo.xo] Rhymes: -oxo Syllabification: pio‧jo === Noun === piojo m (plural piojos) a louse, a cootie (a kind of parasitic insect, lice) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Northern Puebla Nahuatl: pioxo ==== See also ==== liendre f === Further reading === “piojo”, 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