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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish payo (non-Romani).

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Noun

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paio m (plural paios, feminine paia)

  1. (colloquial) dude, man
    Synonym: soci
  2. (colloquial) gadjo (non-Romani)

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Galician

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Etymology

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Perhaps from Old Galician-Portuguese Paio, a personal name, from Late Latin Pelagius.[1] Cognate with Portuguese paio, palaio.

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Noun

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paio m (plural paios)

  1. caecum (intestine)
    Synonym: paiolo
  2. type of cured sausage
    Synonym: paiolo

Adjective

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paio (feminine paia, masculine plural paios, feminine plural paias)

  1. simple, unsophisticated, unintelligent
    Synonyms: pailán, paiolo

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “payo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Hawaiian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpai̯.o/, [ˈpɐj.jo], [ˈpɛj.jo] (rapid speech)

Verb

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paio

  1. to fight, to quarrel
    Synonyms: hakakā, kaua

Noun

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paio

  1. fight, quarrel, argument, conflict
    Synonym: hakakā

Italian

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Etymology 1

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Back-formation as a masculine noun from the plural paia, from Latin paria (even, equal, neuter plural of pār).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.jo/
  • Rhymes: -ajo
  • Hyphenation: pà‧io

Noun

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paio m (plural paia f)

  1. pair
    Synonym: coppia
    il secondo paio di nervi cranicithe second pair of cranial nerves
    tre paia di calzinithree pairs of socks
Derived terms
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  • pari (see there for its descendants)

Etymology 2

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Verb

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paio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of parere

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpaj.u/ [ˈpaɪ̯.u]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpaj.o/ [ˈpaɪ̯.o]

Noun

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paio m (plural paios)

  1. (cooking) a Portuguese enchido with pork meat, ticker than chourizo
  2. (Portugal, informal) luck

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