paio
Catalan
Etymology
From Spanish payo (“non-Romani”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈpa.jo/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈpa.ju/
Noun
paio m (plural paios, feminine paia)
- (colloquial) dude, man
- Synonym: soci
- (colloquial) gadjo (non-Romani)
Further reading
- “paio” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “paio” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Etymology
Perhaps from Old Galician and Old Portuguese Paio, a personal name, from Late Latin Pelagius.[1] Cognate with Portuguese paio, palaio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpajʊ]
Noun
paio m (plural paios)
- caecum (intestine)
- Synonym: paiolo
- type of cured sausage
- Synonym: paiolo
Adjective
paio m (feminine singular paia, masculine plural paios, feminine plural paias)
- simple, unsophisticated, unintelligent
- Synonyms: pailán, paiolo
References
- “paio” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “paio” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “paio” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “paio” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “payo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Hawaiian
Verb
paio
- to fight, to quarrel
- Synonyms: hakakā, kaua
Noun
paio
- fight, quarrel, argument, conflict
- Synonym: hakakā
Italian
Etymology 1
Back-formation as a masculine noun from the plural paia, from Latin paria (“even, equal”, neuter plural of pār).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpa.jo/
- Rhymes: -ajo
- Hyphenation: pà‧io
Noun
paio m (plural paia f)
- pair
- Synonym: coppia
- il secondo paio di nervi cranici ― the second pair of cranial nerves
- tre paia di calzini ― three pairs of socks
Derived terms
- appaiare
- spaiare
Related terms
- pari (see there for its descendants)
Verb
paio
- first-person singular present indicative of parere
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpaj.u/ [ˈpaɪ̯.u]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpaj.o/ [ˈpaɪ̯.o]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpaj.u/
- Hyphenation: pai‧o
Noun
paio m (plural paios)
- (cooking) a Portuguese enchido with pork meat, ticker than chourizo
- (Portugal, informal) luck
See also
- chouriço