guapo

guapo

English

Pronunciation

• (AAVE, MTE) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwɑpoʊ̯/

Noun

guapo (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of gwop
   • 2020 October 10, Kai Bandz (lyrics), “Toot That Sh!t Up”, 0:47:

     […] It’s for the guapo,
     can't waste time with the diamonds, I’m tryna git swallow

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Asturian

Adjective

guapo

1. neuter of guapu

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Catalan

Etymology

From Spanish guapo, from Latin vappa.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwa.po/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwa.pu/

Adjective

guapo (feminine guapa, masculine plural guapos, feminine plural guapes)

1. good-looking or handsome (unisex)
2. smart or elegant

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Cebuano

Adjective

guapo

1. handsome

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Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1755. Probably from Spanish guapo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡwapʊ]

Adjective

guapo m (feminine singular guapa, masculine plural guapos, feminine plural guapas)

1. good
   • 1812, Ramón González Semnra, Carta recomendada:

     nosoutros xa lle temos un jues moi guapo. Para buscalo non fixemos mais que botar ó ollo ó veciño da jurisdizon que nos pareceu mais honrado, mais home de ben, mais cristiano, é que millor coidaba da sua familia é da sua casa, sin ser empexoso, nin empeitizo, nin sobervio, nin cobizoso, nin zizañeiro

     we already have a very good judge. For finding him we did nothing but search for the neighbor that seemed to us as the most honest, the most upstanding, the most Christian, and that tooks the most care of his family and house; who is neither envious, nor haughty, nor arrogant, nor greedy, nor an instigator.

   Synonym: bo

2. nice, beautiful
   • 1755, Magdalena Garcia de Ogando, Carta:

     a sua sobriña Faruciña me dice que de sua parte le diga a bustede que lle quer regale con un rosario de Jerusalen mui guapo

     you niece Farruquiña tell me that, on her behalf, I tell you that she want to gift you a very nice rosary of Jerusalem

   Synonym: bonito

3. good-looking

   Synonyms: fermoso, garrido

References

• “guapo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “guapo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “guapo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Mirandese

Adjective

guapo m (feminine guapa, masculine plural guapos, feminine plural guapas)

1. gorgeous, beautiful

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guapo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwa.pu/

• Hyphenation: gua‧po

Adjective

guapo (feminine guapa, masculine plural guapos, feminine plural guapas)

1. brave; courageous

   Synonyms: bravo, corajoso

2. pretty; beautiful

   Synonyms: belo, bonito

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Spanish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin vappa (“flat wine; figuratively, worthless person”), probably not directly but through the intermediate of dialectal Old French wape, gape, gouape, which has also received influence from Proto-Germanic *hwapjaną (“to breathe, air out, let go to waste, become sour”). At one point meant "rascal" or "ruffian" and evolved in meaning over time.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwapo/ [ˈɡwa.po]

• Audio (Colombia)

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• Rhymes: -apo
• Syllabification: gua‧po

Noun

guapo m (plural guapos)

1. arrowroot

Adjective

guapo (feminine guapa, masculine plural guapos, feminine plural guapas, superlative guapísimo)

1. good-looking; handsome, pretty (describes a man or a woman)

   Synonyms: bonito, hermoso, lindo

   Antonym: feo

   Los chicos son guapos.

   The boys are good-looking.

2. smart or elegant
3. bold, fearless
4. (Dominican Republic) angry, upset

Derived terms

• aguapar
• guapear
• guaperas
• guapete
• guapetón
• guapote

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: gwapo
• → Tagalog: guwapo

References

1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading

• “guapo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014