sillao
Spanish
Alternative forms
- siyao
- siyau
- sillau
Etymology
Borrowed from Cantonese 豉油 (si6 jau4). The ll is a hypercorrection caused by yeísmo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siˈʝao/ [siˈʝa.o] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /siˈʎao/ [siˈʎa.o] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /siˈʃao/ [siˈʃa.o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /siˈʒao/ [siˈʒa.o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -ao
- Syllabification: si‧lla‧o
Noun
sillao m
- (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
- “siyao”, 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
- “siyau”, 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
- “sillau”, 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