polpo

Inherited from Latin polypus.

polpo m (plural polpos)

1. octopus

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “polpo”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpol.pu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpol.po]

polpo

1. first-person singular present indicative of polpar

Borrowed from Italian polpo, from Latin polypus, from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous, “many-footed”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolpo/

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• Rhymes: -olpo
• Hyphenation: pol‧po

polpo (accusative singular polpon, plural polpoj, accusative plural polpojn)

1. octopus

   Hypernyms: kapopiedulo, cefalopodo

Syllabic abbreviation of poliittinen poliisi (literally “political police”); stems from a conspiracy theory that law enforcement authorities limit the expression of certain political viewpoints. May be influenced by the book The Turner Diaries (1978), in which the FBI is referred to as "the political police".

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolpo/, [ˈpo̞lpo̞]
• Rhymes: -olpo
• Syllabification^(key): pol‧po
• Hyphenation^(key): pol‧po

polpo (derogatory, slang)

1. (the) police
   • 2017 June 28, MV-Lehti‎^[1], archived from the original on 10 September 2024:

     Helsingin Polpo eli Poliittinen poliisi on Suomen kansan vihollinen

     The Helsinki Polpo, or Political police, is an enemy of the Finnish people

   • [2019 August 15, Apu‎^[2], archived from the original on 10 September 2024:

     Aiemmin äärioikeistolaisten sirpaleporukoiden kielenkäyttöön kuulunut sana polpo eli poliittinen poliisi otettiin perussuomalaisten poliittiseen sanastoon.

     The word polpo, or political police, previously used by extreme right fringe groups, was adopted by the Finns Party for their political lexicon.]

   • [2020 August 8, Yle‎^[3], archived from the original on 10 September 2024:

     Uutta on, että äärioikeisto ei luota poliisiin. Poliisista on äärioikeiston piirissä osin ryhdytty käyttämään nimistystä polpo, poliittinen poliisi.

     That the extreme right does not trust the police is new. The moniker polpo, for political police, has begun to see use among the extreme right.]

• vääryyslaitos

From Latin polypus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolpo/

polpo (plural polpi)

1. octopus

• polipo (dialectal, non-standard)

From Latin polypus, from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous). Cognates include Spanish pulpo and Sicilian purpu. Unrelated to polpa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpol.po/
• Rhymes: -olpo
• Hyphenation: pól‧po

polpo m (plural polpi)

1. octopus

• polipo
• polpara
• polpetto

• polpo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana