playo
Spanish
Pronunciation
- 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)
- (Latin America) shallow, flat
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English pliers.
Noun
playo m (plural playos)
- (Ecuador) pliers
- (slang, Costa Rica) homosexual
Further reading
- “playo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014