sillao
Spanish
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editEtymology
editBorrowed from Cantonese 豉油 (si6 jau4). The ll is a hypercorrection caused by yeísmo.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ao
- Syllabification: si‧lla‧o
Noun
editsillao m
- (Peru) soy sauce
- Synonym: salsa de soya (“soy sauce”)
- Hypernym: salsa (“sauce”)
- Meronym: chifa (“Peruvian Chinese cuisine”)
Further reading
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- Spanish terms borrowed from Cantonese
- Spanish terms derived from Cantonese
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ao
- Rhymes:Spanish/ao/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Peruvian Spanish
- es:Sauces