potrero

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potrero¹

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Borrowed from Spanish potrero.

noun potreros

  1. A long mesa on the flank of a mountain. Her driver was new to the country; he mightn't be prepared for the leaping of the yellow water down dry arroyos, swift as the pouncings of a cat, or the snake-like slidings of tons of loosened rock and clay from the steep potreros […]

Potrero²

proper noun

  1. A census-designated place in San Diego County, California, United States.

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"potrero." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/potrero. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{potrero_2026,
  title = {potrero},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/potrero},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}