cipayo

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Portuguese

Noun

cipayo m (plural cipayos)

  1. Obsolete spelling of sipaio.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese sipaio, from Persian سپاهی (sepâhi, “soldier, horseman”), from سپاه (sepâh, “army”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θiˈpaʝo/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /siˈpaʝo/
 
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /siˈpaʃo/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /siˈpaʒo/

  • Rhymes: -aʝo
  • Syllabification: ci‧pa‧yo

Noun

cipayo m (plural cipayos)

  1. sepoy
  2. (Latin America, derogatory) a local who serves foreign interests

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