botijo

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UK/bəʊˈtiː.həʊ/US/boʊˈti.hoʊ/

noun

A traditional Spanish porous clay vessel designed to hold water and to cool it by evaporation.

OriginSpanish botijo ← Vulgar Latin *buticula ← Late Latin butticula →
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Meanings

nounbotijo (plural botijos)

plural botijos · alternative botija

  1. A traditional Spanish porous clay vessel designed to hold water and to cool it by evaporation.

Origin

  1. Vulgar Latinbuttis
  2. Late Latinbutticula
  3. Vulgar Latin*buticula
  4. Spanishbotija
  5. Spanishbotijo
  6. Englishbotijo

Borrowed from Spanish botijo, from Spanish botija, from Vulgar Latin *buticula (or from Late Latin butticula, with attestation difficult to locate), from Vulgar Latin buttis (or LL.).

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APA

botijo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/botijo

MLA

“botijo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/botijo. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “botijo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/botijo.

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