cientopiés

Spanish

Etymology

From ciento (“one hundred”) +‎ pies (“feet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θjentoˈpjes/ [θjẽn̪.t̪oˈpjes]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sjentoˈpjes/ [sjẽn̪.t̪oˈpjes]
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: cien‧to‧piés

Noun

cientopiés m (plural cientopiés)

1. (New Mexico) Synonym of ciempiés

References

• Rubén Cobos (2003) A Dictionary of New Mexico & Southern Colorado Spanish‎^[1], Museum of New Mexico Press, →ISBN

Further reading

• “cientopiés”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10