paio

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish payo (“non-Romani”).

Pronunciation

Noun

paio m (plural paios, feminine paia)

  1. (colloquial) dude, man
    Synonym: soci
  2. (colloquial) gadjo (non-Romani)

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

Perhaps from Old Galician-Portuguese Paio, a personal name, from Late Latin Pelagius. Cognate with Portuguese paio, palaio.

Pronunciation

Noun

paio m (plural paios)

  1. caecum (intestine)
    Synonym: paiolo
  2. type of cured sausage
    Synonym: paiolo

Adjective

paio (feminine paia, masculine plural paios, feminine plural paias)

  1. simple, unsophisticated, unintelligent
    Synonyms: pailán, paiolo

References

  • “paio” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “paio” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “paio” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “paio” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “payo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Hawaiian

Verb

paio

  1. to fight, to quarrel
    Synonyms: hakakā, kaua

Noun

paio

  1. fight, quarrel, argument, conflict
    Synonym: hakakā

Italian

Etymology 1

Back-formation as a masculine noun from the plural paia, from Latin paria (“even, equal”, neuter plural of pār).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.jo/
  • Rhymes: -ajo
  • Hyphenation: pà‧io

Noun

paio m (plural paia f)

  1. pair
    Synonym: coppia
    il secondo paio di nervi cranici ― the second pair of cranial nerves
    tre paia di calzini ― three pairs of socks
Derived terms
Related terms
  • pari (see there for its descendants)

Etymology 2

Verb

paio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of parere

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

 

Noun

paio m (plural paios)

  1. (cooking) a Portuguese enchido with pork meat, ticker than chourizo
  2. (Portugal, informal) luck

See also

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