sapo

See also: sapo-, säpo, Sapo, Säpo, SÄPO, and šapo

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin sāpō, English soap.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈsapo]
  • Audio:
    (file)
  • Rhymes: -apo
  • Hyphenation: sa‧po

Noun

sapo (accusative singular sapon, plural sapoj, accusative plural sapojn)

  1. soap

Derived terms
  • orienta sapherbo
  • sapa
  • saparbo
  • sapeca
  • sapherbo
  • sapi
  • sapigi
  • sapŝtono
  • sapujo
  • sapumi
  • ŝaŭmsapo
  • ŝmirsapo
  • tualetsapo

Galician

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsapo/ [ˈs̺a.pʊ]
  • Rhymes: -apo
  • Hyphenation: sa‧po

Noun

sapo m (plural sapos)

  1. toad
    Synonyms: costro, coucou
  2. ancient amulet against sorcery in the form of a small bag with one esconxuro (incantation, spell) inside

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

Unknown, possibly from Japanese しゃぶしゃぶ (shabushabu); onomatopoeic, resembling the sound emitted when the ingredients are stirred in the pot.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈsapo]
  • Hyphenation: sa‧po

Noun

sapo (first-person possessive sapoku, second-person possessive sapomu, third-person possessive saponya)

  1. hot pot, (pot and meal)

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From Frankish *saipā, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb-, *seyp- (“to pour out, trickle, strain”). Cognate with Old English sāpe (“soap, salve”), Old English sāp (“amber, resin, pomade, unguent”), Latin sēbum (“tallow, grease”). More at soap.

Pronunciation

Noun

sāpō m (genitive sāpōnis); third declension

  1. soap

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sāpō sāpōnēs
Genitive sāpōnis sāpōnum
Dative sāpōnī sāpōnibus
Accusative sāpōnem sāpōnēs
Ablative sāpōne sāpōnibus
Vocative sāpō sāpōnēs

Derived terms
  • sāpōnātum

Descendants

See also

References
  • “sapo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sapo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • sapo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “sapo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “sapo”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu.

Verb

sapo

  1. to rub

Portuguese
sapo (Alytes cisternasii)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sapo, of unknown origin. Possibly from Iberian.

Cognate with Galician sapo, Mirandese sapo, Asturian sapu, Spanish sapo, Aragonese zapo and Basque apo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.pu/

  • Rhymes: -apu
  • Hyphenation: sa‧po

Noun

sapo m (plural sapos)

  1. toad (amphibian in Anura with drier skin)

Coordinate terms

Derived terms
  • engolir sapo
  • sapinho
  • sapo seco
  • sapo-aranzeiro
  • sapo-boi
  • sapo-cachorro
  • sapo-concho
  • sapo-conqueiro
  • sapo-cururu
  • sapo-de-unha-preta
  • sapo-do-mar
  • sapo-e-cobra
  • sapo-ferreiro

Spanish

Etymology

Unknown, possibly an onomatopoeic borrowing from Iberian (denoting the noise a toad makes when upon falling into a puddle or onto wet ground), and cognate with Basque apo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsapo/ [ˈsa.po]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -apo
  • Syllabification: sa‧po

Adjective

sapo (feminine sapa, masculine plural sapos, feminine plural sapas)

  1. (Chile) ugly
  2. telltale, loudmouth

Noun

sapo m (plural sapos, feminine sapa, feminine plural sapas)

  1. toad
  2. (Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, colloquial) a very curious person
  3. (Chile, Ecuador, Peru, colloquial) a voyeur
    Synonyms: mirón, voyeur
  4. (Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, colloquial, derogatory) informer
    Synonyms: informante, chivato, delator
  5. (Mexico) flapper valve

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Gascon: sapo
  • → San Juan Atzingo Popoloca: cosápo

See also

Further reading

Anagrams

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Compare sapupo.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /saˈpo/ [sɐˈpo]
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Syllabification: sa‧po

Adjective

sapó (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉᜓ)

  1. held or supported carefully with the palms of one's hands
    Synonyms: sapupo, salo, hawak, hawak-hawak
  2. supported with a prop
    Synonyms: may-tukod, may-salo, may-sapo, salo-salo
Derived terms
  • isapo
  • may-sapo
  • pagsapo
  • pasapo
  • sapo-sapo
  • sapuhin

Noun

sapó (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉᜓ)

  1. act of supporting or carrying by the palm of the hands
    Synonyms: sapupo, pagsapupo, salo, hawak
  2. temporary undersupport (to prevent from collapsing)

Etymology 2

Compare pupo.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /saˈpoʔ/ [sɐˈpoʔ]
  • Rhymes: -oʔ
  • Syllabification: sa‧po

Noun

sapô (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉᜓ)

  1. banana tree stump (after being cut down)
  2. overflowing of water on the road or field
See also

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /saˈpo/ [sɐˈpo]
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Syllabification: sa‧po

Noun

sapó (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉᜓ)

  1. ochre; ocher; red earth
  2. red ochre used in polishing gold surfaces
  3. metallic coating or gilding

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsapo/ [ˈsa.po]
  • Rhymes: -apo
  • Syllabification: sa‧po

Noun

sapo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉᜓ)

  1. small cobweb usually found on low grasses with clinging drops of dew (especially in the early morning)

References
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