playo

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈplaʝo/ [ˈpla.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /ˈplaʝo/ [ˈpla.ʝo] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈplaʃo/ [ˈpla.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈplaʒo/ [ˈpla.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Audio (Costa Rica):

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• Rhymes: -aʝo
• Syllabification: pla‧yo

Etymology 1

From playa.

Adjective

playo (feminine playa, masculine plural playos, feminine plural playas)

1. (Latin America) shallow, flat

   Antonyms: hondo, profundo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pliers.

Noun

playo m (plural playos)

1. (Ecuador) pliers

   Synonym: alicate

2. (slang, Costa Rica) homosexual

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:homosexual

Further reading

• “playo”, 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