sapo

Etymology

From Latin sāpō, English soap

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsapo/
• Hyphenation: sa‧po

Noun

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

1. soap

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈs̺apʊ]

Noun

sapo m (plural sapos)

1. toad

Etymology

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsaː.poː/

Noun

sāpō m (genitive sāpōnis); third declension

1. soap

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, 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

Etymology

From Old 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/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.po/
• Hyphenation: sa‧po
• Rhymes: -apu

Noun

sapo m (plural sapos)

1. toad (amphibian in Anura with drier skin)

Etymology

Unknown, possibly from Iberian, cognate with Basque apo.

Noun

sapo m (plural sapos)

1. toad
2. (Chile, Ecuador, Peru, colloquial, pejorative) voyeur, peeper
3. (Chile, Ecuador, Peru, colloquial, pejorative) informer

Anagrams

• aspo
• paso
• poas
• posa
• sopa