hoyo

/ˈoʝo/ · B1 · noun · m

hole

🕳️ Silent h: sounds like OY-oh, what you shout falling into a hole

Comes from Latin fovea (pit). Old Latin f often became h in Spanish (like facere to hacer), so fovea turned into hoyo. Same root as the fovea, the small pit in the eye.

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