apupo

Galician

Etymology 1

Attested since 1370. Back-formation from apupar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈpupʊ]

Noun

apupo m (plural apupos)

1. boo

   Synonym: abouxo

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 503:

     Et fáçome marauillado onde seýo tal rrecado et tal siso et tal paráuoa, et por quanto quirría oýr tanger õme enpús de ssy cornos et braados et gritos et apupos et asouj́os leuantados

     And I am wondering where such message and though and word came from, and why would a man want to hear horns playing and shouting and screams and boos and hisses at him

2. conch

   Synonym: bucina

3. whelk

   Synonym: bucina

Related terms

• bicha
• bicho
• bichoca

References

• “apupo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “apupo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “apupo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “apupo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “apupo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

apupo

1. first-person singular present indicative of apupar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpu.pu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpu.pu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpu.po/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈpu.pu/

• Hyphenation: a‧pu‧po

Etymology 1

Deverbal from apupar (“to boo”).

Noun

apupo m (plural apupos)

1. boo (derisive shout)

   Synonym: vaia

   Antonym: aplauso

Etymology 2

Verb

apupo

1. first-person singular present indicative of apupar