pepillo

pepillo

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /peˈpiʝo/, [peˈpi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /peˈpiʝo/, [peˈpi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /peˈpiʎo/, [peˈpi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /peˈpiʃo/, [peˈpi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /peˈpiʒo/, [peˈpi.ʒo]

Noun

pepillo m (plural pepillos)

1. (Cuba, Dominican Republic) A youth, teen.
2. (Cuba) Someone fashionable.

Adjective

pepillo (plural pepillos)

1. (Cuba, Dominican Republic) To be young.
2. (Cuba) To be fashionable.

Further reading

• “pepillo” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.