yuppy

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English

Pronunciation

Noun

yuppy (plural yuppies)

  1. Alternative spelling of yuppie

Spanish

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English yuppie.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝupi/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃupi/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒupi/

    • Rhymes: -upi
    • Syllabification: yup‧py
 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝapi/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃapi/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒapi/

Noun

yuppy m (plural yuppys)

  1. yuppie (young upwardly mobile urban professional person)

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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