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pozol

Spanish, noun/poˈθol/

pozol is spelled P-O-Z-O-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 112,257th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pozol is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a drink made from purple maize and sugar, popular among indigenous communities in southern Mexico and parts of Central America” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Bebida hecha a base de masa de maíz nixtamalizada, generalmente llevar cacao molido”.

What does pozol mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinea drink made from purple maize and sugar, popular among indigenous communities in southern Mexico and parts of Central America

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Bebida hecha a base de masa de maíz nixtamalizada, generalmente llevar cacao molido.

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 pozol

  • pozoles plural

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

How do you pronounce pozol?

  • /poˈθol/
  • [poˈθol]
  • /poˈsol/

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

How common is pozol in Spanish?

pozol appears about once in every 9 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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