See also: sapo-, säpo, Sapo, Säpo, SÄPO, and šapo

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Etymology edit

From Latin sāpō, English soap.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈsapo]
  • Audio:
    (file)
  • Rhymes: -apo
  • Hyphenation: sa‧po

Noun edit

sapo (accusative singular sapon, plural sapoj, accusative plural sapojn)

  1. soap

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Galician edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsapo/ [ˈs̺a.pʊ]
  • Rhymes: -apo
  • Hyphenation: sa‧po

Noun edit

sapo m (plural sapos)

  1. toad
    Synonyms: costro, coucou
  2. ancient amulet against sorcery in the form of a small bag with one esconxuro (incantation, spell) inside

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Etymology edit

Unknown, possibly from Japanese しゃぶしゃぶ (shabushabu); onomatopoeic, resembling the sound emitted when the ingredients are stirred in the pot.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈsapo]
  • Hyphenation: sa‧po

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sapo (first-person possessive sapoku, second-person possessive sapomu, third-person possessive saponya)

  1. hot pot, (pot and meal)

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Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Frankish *saipā, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb-, *seyp- (to pour out, trickle, strain). Cognate with Old English sāpe (soap, salve), Old English sāp (amber, resin, pomade, unguent), Latin sēbum (tallow, grease). More at soap.

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sāpō m (genitive sāpōnis); third declension

  1. soap

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sāpō sāpōnēs
Genitive sāpōnis sāpōnum
Dative sāpōnī sāpōnibus
Accusative sāpōnem sāpōnēs
Ablative sāpōne sāpōnibus
Vocative sāpō sāpōnēs

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References edit

  • sapo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sapo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • sapo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • sapo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sapo”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Maranao edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu.

Verb edit

sapo

  1. to rub

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sapo (Alytes cisternasii)

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese sapo, of unknown origin. Possibly from Iberian.

Cognate with Galician sapo, Mirandese sapo, Asturian sapu, Spanish sapo, Aragonese zapo and Basque apo.

Pronunciation edit

  • Rhymes: -apu
  • Hyphenation: sa‧po

Noun edit

sapo m (plural sapos)

  1. toad (amphibian in Anura with drier skin)

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Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Unknown, possibly an onomatopoeic borrowing from Iberian (denoting the noise a toad makes when upon falling into a puddle or onto wet ground), and cognate with Basque apo.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsapo/ [ˈsa.po]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -apo
  • Syllabification: sa‧po

Adjective edit

sapo (feminine sapa, masculine plural sapos, feminine plural sapas)

  1. (Chile) ugly
  2. telltale, loudmouth

Noun edit

sapo m (plural sapos, feminine sapa, feminine plural sapas)

  1. toad
  2. (Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, colloquial) a very curious person
  3. (Chile, Ecuador, Peru, colloquial) a voyeur
    Synonyms: mirón, voyeur
  4. (Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, colloquial, derogatory) informer
    Synonyms: informante, chivato, delator
  5. (Mexico) flapper valve

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Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Gascon: sapo
  • San Juan Atzingo Popoloca: cosápo

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Further reading edit

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Tagalog edit

Etymology 1 edit

Compare sapupo.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /saˈpo/, [sɐˈpo]
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Hyphenation: sa‧po

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sapó (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉᜓ)

  1. held or supported carefully with the palms of one's hands
    Synonyms: sapupo, salo, hawak, hawak-hawak
  2. supported with a prop
    Synonyms: may-tukod, may-salo, may-sapo, salo-salo
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sapó (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉᜓ)

  1. act of supporting or carrying by the palm of the hands
    Synonyms: sapupo, pagsapupo, salo, hawak
  2. temporary undersupport (to prevent from collapsing)

Etymology 2 edit

Compare pupo.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /saˈpoʔ/, [sɐˈpoʔ]
  • Rhymes: -oʔ
  • Hyphenation: sa‧po

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sapô (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉᜓ)

  1. banana tree stump (after being cut down)
  2. overflowing of water on the road or field
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Etymology 3 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /saˈpo/, [sɐˈpo]
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Hyphenation: sa‧po

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sapó (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉᜓ)

  1. ochre; ocher; red earth
  2. red ochre used in polishing gold surfaces
  3. metallic coating or gilding

Etymology 4 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsapo/, [ˈsa.po]
  • Rhymes: -apo
  • Hyphenation: sa‧po

Noun edit

sapo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉᜓ)

  1. small cobweb usually found on low grasses with clinging drops of dew (especially in the early morning)

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