papagayo
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Byzantine Greek παπαγᾶς (papagâs), from Arabic بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ), of onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /papaˈɡaʝo/ [pa.paˈɣ̞a.ʝo]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /papaˈɡaʃo/ [pa.paˈɣ̞a.ʃo]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /papaˈɡaʒo/ [pa.paˈɣ̞a.ʒo]
Audio (Spain): (file) - Rhymes: -aʝo
- Syllabification: pa‧pa‧ga‧yo
Noun
papagayo m (plural papagayos)
- parrot (Psittaciformes)
- parrotfish, in Scardidae
- (Dominican Republic) Hispaniolan trogon (Priotelus roseigaster)[1]
- peacock fish (Labrus mixtus, syn. Labrus variegatus)
- any wrasse (Labridae)
- roosterfish (Nematistius pectoralis)
- Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor)
- elephant ear (Caladium)
Derived terms
- hablar como un papagayo
- papagayo de noche
- simiente de papagayos
Descendants
References
- “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), 2022 July 21 (last accessed), archived from the original on 22 September 2021
Further reading
- “papagayo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /papaˈɡajo/, [pɐ.pɐˈɣa.jo]
- Rhymes: -ajo
- Hyphenation: pa‧pa‧ga‧yo
Noun
papagayo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉᜄᜌᜓ)
- a type of parrot (order Psittaciformes)
- Hypernym: loro
- a bird-shaped kite
- a regular kite
- Synonym: saranggola
- a regular kite
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