pijuyo

Spanish

Etymology

From pijuy +‎ -o, cf. cuyo (“guinea pig”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /piˈxuʝo/ [piˈxu.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /piˈxuʝo/ [piˈxu.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /piˈxuʃo/ [piˈxu.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /piˈxuʒo/ [piˈxu.ʒo]

• Rhymes: -uʝo
• Syllabification: pi‧ju‧yo

Noun

pijuyo m (plural pijuyos)

1. (El Salvador) Alternative form of pijuy
2. (colloquial, El Salvador) thin and small boy or man

Usage notes

• In the sense of thin and small person, the term is rarely, if ever, applied to women.

Derived terms

• pijuyito

 

Further reading

• “pijuyo”, 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