sarpullido

Spanish

Alternative forms

• salpullido

Etymology

Probably from Vulgar Latin serpŭcŭlus, from Latin sĕrpō (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˌsaɾpuˈʝido/ [ˌsaɾ.puˈʝi.ð̞o]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˌsaɾpuˈʝido/ [ˌsaɾ.puˈʝi.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /ˌsaɾpuˈʎido/ [ˌsaɾ.puˈʎi.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˌsaɾpuˈʃido/ [ˌsaɾ.puˈʃi.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˌsaɾpuˈʒido/ [ˌsaɾ.puˈʒi.ð̞o]

• Rhymes: -ido
• Syllabification: sar‧pu‧lli‧do

Noun

sarpullido m (plural sarpullidos)

1. (colloquial) dermatitis, rash (area of reddened, irritated, and inflamed skin)

Related terms

• sarpullín
• sarpullir

 

Further reading

• “sarpullido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16