güiyo

Spanish

Etymology

Of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwiʝo/ [ˈɡwi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈɡwiʝo/ [ˈɡwi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈɡwiʃo/ [ˈɡwi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈɡwiʒo/ [ˈɡwi.ʒo]

• Rhymes: -iʝo
• Syllabification: güi‧yo

Adjective

güiyo (feminine güiya, masculine plural güiyos, feminine plural güiyas) (colloquial, El Salvador)

1. (of a person):
   1. rural, rustic
   2. unsophisticated, uncultured, rustic
   3. thievish, inclined to steal
2. (of a color) red

Further reading

• “güiyo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010