playo

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈplaʝo/ [ˈpla.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈplaʝo/ [ˈpla.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈplaʃo/ [ˈpla.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈplaʒo/ [ˈpla.ʒo]

• Rhymes: -aʝo
• Syllabification: pla‧yo

Etymology 1

From playa.

Adjective

playo (feminine playa, masculine plural playos, feminine plural playas)

1. (Latin America) shallow, flat

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pliers.

Noun

playo m (plural playos)

1. (Ecuador) pliers
2. (slang, Costa Rica) homosexual

Further reading

• “playo”, 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