pijuyo
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From pijuy + -o, cf. cuyo (“guinea pig”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -uʝo
- Syllabification: pi‧ju‧yo
Noun[edit]
pijuyo m (plural pijuyos)
- (El Salvador) Alternative form of pijuy
- (colloquial, El Salvador) thin and small boy or man
Usage notes[edit]
- In the sense of thin and small person, the term is rarely, if ever, applied to women.
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “pijuyo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014