sapo

sapo

See also: sapo-, säpo, Sapo, Säpo, and SÄPO

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin sāpō, English soap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsapo]
• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -apo
• Hyphenation: sa‧po

Noun

sapo (accusative singular sapon, plural sapoj, accusative plural sapojn)

1. soap

Derived terms

• orienta sapherbo
• sapa
• saparbo
• sapeca
• sapherbo
• sapi
• sapigi
• sapŝtono
• sapujo
• sapumi
• ŝaŭmsapo
• ŝmirsapo
• tualetsapo

 

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Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈs̺apʊ]

Noun

sapo m (plural sapos)

1. toad

   Synonyms: costro, coucou

2. Ancient amulet against sorcery in the form of a small bag with one esconxuro (incantation, spell) inside.

Derived terms

• Sapeira

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Indonesian

Etymology

Unknown, possibly from Japanese しゃぶしゃぶ (shabushabu); onomatopoeic, resembling the sound emitted when the ingredients are stirred in the pot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsapo]
• Hyphenation: sa‧po

Noun

sapo (first-person possessive sapoku, second-person possessive sapomu, third-person possessive saponya)

1. hot pot, (pot and meal)

Further reading

• “sapo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Latin

Etymology

From Frankish *saipā, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb-, *seyp- (“to pour out, trickle, strain”). Cognate with Old English sāpe (“soap, salve”), Old English sāp (“amber, resin, pomade, unguent”), Latin sēbum (“tallow, grease”). More at soap.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsaː.poː/, [ˈs̠äːpoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.po/, [ˈsäːpo]

Noun

sāpō m (genitive sāpōnis); third declension

1. soap

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sāpō	sāpōnēs
Genitive	sāpōnis	sāpōnum
Dative	sāpōnī	sāpōnibus
Accusative	sāpōnem	sāpōnēs
Ablative	sāpōne	sāpōnibus
Vocative	sāpō	sāpōnēs

Derived terms

• sāpōnātum

Descendants

• Balkan-Romance:
  • Aromanian: sãpuni, sãpune
  • Romanian: săpun
• Dalmatian:
  • Dalmatian: sapaun
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: savone, sapone, savonu, saponu
  • Italian: sapone
    • → Hungarian: szappan
  • Gallurese: savoni, saoni
  • Sicilian: sapuni
    • → Maltese: sapun (partly)
• Padanian:
  • Emilian: savon
  • Friulian: savon
  • Ligurian: savon, saon, san, son
  • Lombard: saon, savon
  • Piedmontese: savon, saon
  • Romagnol: savon
  • Romansch: savun, savung, savùn
  • Venetian: saon, savon
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: savon
  • Old French: sapon, sabon, savon
    • Middle French: savon
      • French: savon
        • → Hebrew: סבון‎ (sabón)
        • → Malagasy: savony
        • → Koyraboro Senni: saafun
        • → Vietnamese: xà phòng, xà bông
        • → Tai Dam: ꪎꪱꪡ꫁ꪮꪉ
        • → Wolof: saabu
        • → Zarma: saafun
      • → Breton: saon, soavon
  • Norman: savon
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Aragonese: sabón, xabon
  • Old Catalan: sabon
    • Catalan: sabó
  • Old Occitan: sabon
    • Occitan: sabon (all dialects)
  • Gascon, Auvergnat, Limousin: sablon
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Leonese:
    • Asturian: xabón, xaón
    • Extremaduran: jabón
    • Leonese: xabón
    • Mirandese: xabon
  • Old Portuguese: sabon, sabõ
    • Galician: xabón, xabrón
    • Portuguese: sabão
      • → Okinawan: サフン (safun)
      • →? Min Nan: 雪文 (sap-bûn)
        • → Amis: safon
        • → Kavalan: sabun
        • → Puyuma: sabun
        • → Tsou: savungu
  • Old Spanish: xabon
    • Ladino:

      Hebrew: שאבון‎

      Latin: shavón

    • Spanish: jabón, xabon
      • → Aymara: jawuna
      • → Basque: xaboi
      • → Bikol Central: sabon
      • → Binukid: sabun
      • → Cebuano: sabon
      • → Chamicuro: shawona
      • → Southern Ohlone: hawun
      • → Cuyunon: sabon
      • → Guaraní: havõ
      • → Hiligaynon: habon
      • → Ilocano: sabon
      • → Isthmus Zapotec: xabú
      • → Maguindanao: sabun
      • → Malay: sabun (see there for further descendants)
      • → Mayo: saábom
      • → Mecayapan Nahuatl: xapo̱n
      • → Mezquital Otomi: xabo
      • → O'odham: ṣawoñ
      • → Papiamentu: habon
      • → Tagalog: sabon
      • → Waray-Waray: sabon
      • → Japanese: シャボン (shabon)
      • → Okinawan: サフン (safun)
      • →? Min Nan: 雪文 (sap-bûn)
        • → Amis: safon
        • → Kavalan: sabun
        • → Puyuma: sabun
        • → Tsou: savungu
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: sabone, saboni, saoni
  • Sassarese: saboni
• Borrowings:
  • → Albanian: sapun
  • → Ancient Greek: σᾱ́πων (sā́pōn)
    • → Classical Syriac: ܨܦܘܢܐ‎
      • → Arabic: صَابُون‎ (ṣābūn) (see there for further descendants)
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    • → Greek: σάπων (sápon)
    • → Georgian: საპონი (saṗoni)
    • → Middle Persian: *sābōn
      • Persian: صابون‎ (sâbun)
      • Tajik: собун (sobun)
    • → Old Armenian: սապոն (sapon)
      • Middle Armenian: սապոն (sapon)
    • ⇒ Koine Greek: σαπώνιον (sapṓnion) (diminutive)
      • Byzantine Greek: σαπούνιν (sapoúnin)
        • Greek: σαπούνι (sapoúni)
          • → Bulgarian: сапун (sapun)
          • → Romani: saûni
  • → Proto-Celtic:
    • Cornish: seban
    • Manx: sheeabin
    • Scottish Gaelic: siabann
    • Welsh: sebon
  • → Macedonian: сапун (sapun)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: сапун

    Latin: sapun

See also

• sebum

References

• “sapo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sapo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• sapo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “sapo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “sapo”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu.

Verb

sapo

1. to rub

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Portuguese

sapo (Alytes cisternasii)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese sapo, of unknown origin. Possibly from Iberian.

Cognate with Galician sapo, Mirandese sapo, Asturian sapu, Spanish sapo, Aragonese zapo and Basque apo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.pu/

• Rhymes: -apu
• Hyphenation: sa‧po

Noun

sapo m (plural sapos)

1. toad (amphibian in Anura with drier skin)

Coordinate terms

• rã
• perereca

Derived terms

• engolir sapo
• sapinho
• sapo-aranzeiro
• sapo-boi
• sapo-cachorro
• sapo-concho
• sapo-conqueiro
• sapo-cururu
• sapo-de-unha-preta
• sapo-do-mar
• sapo-e-cobra
• sapo-ferreiro

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Spanish

Etymology

Unknown, possibly from Iberian [Term?], cognate with Basque apo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsapo/ [ˈsa.po]

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -apo
• Syllabification: sa‧po

Noun

sapo m (plural sapos, feminine sapa, feminine plural sapas)

1. toad
2. (Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, colloquial) a very curious person
3. (Chile, Ecuador, Peru, colloquial) a voyeur

   Synonym: mirón

4. (Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, colloquial, derogatory) informer

   Synonyms: informante, chivato

5. (Mexico) flapper valve

Derived terms

• ir de sapo
• piel de sapo
• salga sapo o salga rana
• sapo de caña
• sapo veranero

 

Related terms

• sapa
• sapear

Descendants

• → Gascon: sapo
• → San Juan Atzingo Popoloca: cosápo

See also

• rana f
• renacuajo m, ranacuajo m

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• aspo
• paso
• poas
• posa
• sopa

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Tagalog

Etymology 1

Compare sapupo.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧po
• IPA^(key): /saˈpo/, [sɐˈpo]
• Rhymes: -o

Adjective

sapó

1. held or supported carefully with the palms of one's hands

   Synonyms: sapupo, salo, hawak, hawak-hawak

2. supported with a prop

   Synonyms: may-tukod, may-salo, may-sapo, salo-salo

Derived terms

• isapo
• may-sapo
• pagsapo
• pasapo
• sapo-sapo
• sapuhin

 

Noun

sapó

1. act of supporting or carrying by the palm of the hands

   Synonyms: sapupo, pagsapupo, salo, hawak

2. temporary undersupport (to prevent from collapsing)

Etymology 2

Compare pupo.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧po
• IPA^(key): /saˈpoʔ/, [sɐˈpoʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ

Noun

sapô

1. (botany) banana tree stump (after being cut down)
2. overflowing of water on the road or field

See also

• sakwa
• tinampayakan

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧po
• IPA^(key): /saˈpo/, [sɐˈpo]
• Rhymes: -o

Noun

sapó

1. ochre; ocher; red earth
2. red ochre used in polishing gold surfaces
3. metallic coating or gilding

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧po
• IPA^(key): /ˈsapo/, [ˈsa.po]
• Rhymes: -apo

Noun

sapo

1. small cobweb usually found on low grasses with clinging drops of dew (especially in the early morning)

References

• “sapo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
• “sapo” in Pinoy Dictionary, Cyberspace.ph, 2010-2023.
• “sapo” in Tagalog-English Dictionary, TAGALOG LANG, 2007.
• Fr. Juan José de Noceda; Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Fr. Domingo de los Santos (1835), Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎ (in Spanish & Tagalog), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot