guapo

Etymology

From Spanish guapo, from Latin vappa.

Adjective

guapo (feminine guapa, masculine plural guapos, feminine plural guapes)

1. good-looking or handsome (unisex)
2. smart or elegant

Adjective

guapo m (feminine guapa, masculine plural guapos, feminine plural guapas)

1. gorgeous, beautiful

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guapo.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwa.pu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwa.po/

Adjective

guapo m (feminine singular guapa, masculine plural guapos, feminine plural guapas, comparable)

1. brave; courageous
2. pretty; beautiful

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin vappa (“flat wine; figuratively, worthless person”), probably not directly but through the intermediate of dialectal Old French wape, gape, gouape, which has also received influence from Proto-Germanic *hwapjaną (“to breathe, air out, let go to waste, become sour”). At one point meant "rascal" or "ruffian" and evolved in meaning over time.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwapo/, /ˈwapo/

Noun

guapo m (plural guapos)

1. arrowroot

Adjective

guapo (feminine singular guapa, masculine plural guapos, feminine plural guapas) (superlative guapísimo)

1. good-looking; handsome, pretty (describes a man or a woman)

   Synonyms: bonito, hermoso, lindo

   Antonym: feo

   Los chicos son guapos. ― The boys are good-looking.

2. smart or elegant
3. bold, fearless

References

Further reading

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