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botijo

Spanish, noun/boˈtixo/

botijo is spelled B-O-T-I-J-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 88,614th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Botijo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “botijo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Recipiente de barro cocido poroso, diseñado para beber y conservar fresca el agua gracias a la evaporación”.

What does botijo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebotijo

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Recipiente de barro cocido poroso, diseñado para beber y conservar fresca el agua gracias a la evaporación.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of botijo

  • botijos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce botijo?

  • /boˈtixo/
  • [boˈt̪i.xo]
  • [boˈt̪ixo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is botijo in Spanish?

botijo appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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