playo

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈplaʝo/ [ˈpla.ʝo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈplaʃo/ [ˈpla.ʃo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈplaʒo/ [ˈpla.ʒo]

Rhymes: -aʝo
Syllabification: pla‧yo

Etymology 1 edit

From playa.

Adjective edit

playo (feminine playa, masculine plural playos, feminine plural playas)

(Latin America) shallow, flat

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from English pliers.

Noun edit

playo m (plural playos)

(Ecuador) pliers
(slang, Costa Rica) homosexual

Further reading edit

“playo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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