sillao

Spanish

Alternative forms

• siyao
• siyau
• sillau

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 豉油 (si6 jau4). The ll is a hypercorrection caused by yeísmo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /siˈʝao/ [siˈʝa.o]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /siˈʝao/ [siˈʝa.o]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /siˈʎao/ [siˈʎa.o]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /siˈʃao/ [siˈʃa.o]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /siˈʒao/ [siˈʒa.o]

• Rhymes: -ao
• Syllabification: si‧lla‧o

Noun

sillao m

1. (Peru) soy sauce

   Synonym: salsa de soya (“soy sauce”)

   Hypernym: salsa (“sauce”)

   Meronym: chifa (“Peruvian Chinese cuisine”)

Further reading

• “sillao” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010
• siyao | Diccionario de americanismos | ASALE
• siyau | Diccionario de americanismos | ASALE
• sillau | Diccionario de americanismos | ASALE