sillao

Spanish

Alternative forms

• siyao, siyau, sillau (Peru)

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 豉油 (si⁶ jau⁴). The ll is a hypercorrection caused by yeísmo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /siˈʝao/ [siˈʝa.o]

• IPA^(key): /siˈʝao/ [siˈʝa.o] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /siˈʎao/ [siˈʎa.o] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /siˈʃao/ [siˈʃa.o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /siˈʒao/ [siˈʒa.o] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /siˈao/ [siˈa.o] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -ao
• Syllabification: si‧lla‧o

Noun

sillao m (uncountable)

1. (Peru) soy sauce

   Synonym: salsa de soya (“soy sauce”)

   Hypernym: salsa (“sauce”)

   Meronym: chifa (“Peruvian Chinese cuisine”)

Further reading

• “sillao”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010