sopaipa

Spanish

Alternative forms

• xopaipa, xopaypa (16th century)

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic *شُپَيْپَة (šopáypa, šupáypa), diminutive of Andalusian Arabic شَپَّاپَة (šappā́pa), from Mozarabic *supa (“chunk of bread soaked in oil”) from Late Latin suppa, from Proto-Germanic *suppǭ f (“soup, broth”) or *supô m (“soup, broth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈpaipa/ [soˈpai̯.pa]
• Rhymes: -aipa
• Syllabification: so‧pai‧pa

Noun

sopaipa f (plural sopaipas)

1. sopaipilla

Derived terms

• sopaipilla

 

Further reading

• “sopaipa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• Simonet, Francisco Javier (1888) Glosario de voces ibéricas y latinas usadas entre los mozárabes (in Spanish), Madrid: Establecimiento tipográfico de Fortanet, page 583