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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝapo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃapo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒapo/
- Rhymes: -apo
- Syllabification: ya‧po
Verb
yapo
- first-person singular present indicative of yapar
Tagalog
Etymology
From guwapo.
Pronunciation
Adjective
yapo (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜉᜓ) (slang)
- handsome
- Synonyms: guwapo, pogi, (slang) guwaping, (gay slang) yantaw
Further reading
- Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 160