pupú
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /puˈpu/ [puˈpu]
- Rhymes: -u
- Syllabification: pu‧pú
Etymology 1
Likely onomatopoeic. Compare with popó.
Noun
pupú m (uncountable)
- (colloquial, childish, Central America, Paraguay, Dominican Republic, Venezuela) poop; poo
- 2016 July 30, “Madre sin recursos alimenta a su bebé con jugo y papa a través de jeringas”, in El Nacional[1]:
- “La bebé pasó todo el día haciendo pupú, la llevé al hospital que está cerca de mi casa, le pusieron tratamiento pero no mejoró”.
- “The baby spent all day pooping, I took her to the hospital that's near my house, they gave her treatment but she didn't improve”.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic, from the sound of a car horn.
Noun
pupú m (plural pupúes or pupús)
- (Cuba, childish) automobile; car
Further reading
- “pupú”, 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