Spanish word

hoz

Pronunciation

IPA/oθ/

Meaning

  • feminine nounsickle

Example

¿Dónde está la hoz?

Where is the sickle?

Illustration for hoz (sickle)

More examples

Antes de cortar, afiló la hoz.

Before cutting, he sharpened the sickle.

Core concept

Short curved hand-held harvest blade.

Common phrases

  • cortar con la hoz

    cut with a sickle

  • la hoz de mano

    handheld sickle

  • el filo de la hoz

    edge of the sickle

Similar words

cuchillo: Short kitchen knife for slicing and preparing food.
navaja: Small folding pocketknife carried for everyday cutting tasks.
machete: Long broad blade for chopping dense brush and heavy vegetation.

Definition in Spanish

Herramienta agrícola con una cuchilla curva y corta, usada manualmente para cosechar o limpiar hierbas y tallos.

Word origin

From Latin falx, falcis 'sickle', gradually shortened and altered by regular Romance sound changes to yield modern hoz.

Usage tips

  • Plural is 'hoces' (z→c) and hoz denotes a small one-handed harvesting blade rather than a long-handled scythe (guadaña).

Other meanings

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