pijuyo
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From pijuy + -o, cf. cuyo (“guinea pig”).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -uʝo
- Syllabification: pi‧ju‧yo
Noun edit
pijuyo m (plural pijuyos)
- (El Salvador) Alternative form of pijuy
- (colloquial, El Salvador) thin and small boy or man
Usage notes edit
- In the sense of thin and small person, the term is rarely, if ever, applied to women.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “pijuyo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014