hipo

See also: hipó and hipo-

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hipo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhi.po/

Noun

hipo (plural hipi)

1. hiccup

Derived terms

• hipar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈipo/ [ˈi.po]
• Rhymes: -ipo
• Syllabification: hi‧po

Etymology 1

Imitative.

Noun

hipo m (plural hipos)

1. hiccup

   Synonym: singulto

   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 216:

     Para quitar el hipo, es bueno beber algunos sorbos de agua, sin respirar.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. longing

   Synonyms: ansia, anhelo

Etymology 2

Verb

hipo

1. first-person singular present indicative of hipar

Further reading

• “hipo”, 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

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈhipoʔ/ [ˈhiː.poʔ]
• Rhymes: -ipoʔ
• Syllabification: hi‧po

Noun

hipò (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜉᜓ)

1. touch with the hand
2. sense of touch; feel

   Synonyms: damdam, panamdam, pandamdam, dama, pandama

3. nature of an object perceived through touch
4. malicious touching (especially of someone's private areas)

Derived terms

• hipuan
• hipuin
• humipo
• ipahipo
• mahipo
• mahipuan
• manghipo
• paghipo
• pahipuin
• panghihipo

See also

• salat

Anagrams

• piho