pozole

• posole

From Spanish pozole, from Classical Nahuatl pozolli (“stew of maize kernels”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pəˈsəʊleɪ/, /pəˈzəʊleɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pəˈsoʊˌleɪ/, /pəˈzoʊˌleɪ/

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pozole (countable and uncountable, plural pozoles)

1. A traditional Mexican soup, made from hominy, pork, chilli and other ingredients.

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl pozolli (“stew of maize kernels”), from which also Spanish pozol.

• IPA^(key): /poˈθole/ [poˈθo.le] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /poˈsole/ [poˈso.le] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ole
• Syllabification: po‧zo‧le

pozole m (plural pozoles)

1. pozole, a Mexican soup

• → English: pozole
• → Central Tarahumara: basoli

• pozole

• “pozole”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025