papagayo
Ido
Noun
papagayo (plural papagayi)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Byzantine Greek παπαγᾶς (papagâs), from Arabic بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ), of onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation
Audio (Spain): (file) - Rhymes: -aʝo
- Syllabification: pa‧pa‧ga‧yo
Noun
papagayo m (plural papagayos)
- parrot (Psittaciformes)
- parrotfish, in Scardidae
- (Dominican Republic) Hispaniolan trogon (Priotelus roseigaster)[1]
- peacock fish (Labrus mixtus, syn. Labrus variegatus)
- any wrasse (Labridae)
- roosterfish (Nematistius pectoralis)
- Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor)
- elephant ear (Caladium)
Derived terms
- hablar como un papagayo
- papagayo de noche
- simiente de papagayos
Descendants
- → Old French: papegai
- → Tagalog: papagayo
References
- ^ “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 21 July 2022 (last accessed), archived from the original on 22 September 2021
Further reading
- “papagayo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
- “papagayo”, 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
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish papagayo.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /papaˈɡajo/ [pɐ.pɐˈɣaː.jo]
- Rhymes: -ajo
- Syllabification: pa‧pa‧ga‧yo
Noun
papagayo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉᜄᜌᜓ)
- a type of parrot (order Psittaciformes)
- Hypernym: loro
- a bird-shaped kite
- a regular kite
- Synonym: saranggola
- a regular kite