playo
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Spanish
[edit ]Pronunciation
[edit ]- IPA (key): /ˈplaʝo/ [ˈpla.ʝo] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay, northern Mexico, Yucatán and Central America (except Panama))
- IPA (key): /ˈplaʃo/ [ˈpla.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA (key): /ˈplaʒo/ [ˈpla.ʒo] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay )
- IPA (key): /ˈplajo/ [ˈpla.jo] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))
- Rhymes: -aʝo
- Syllabification: pla‧yo
Etymology 1
[edit ]From playa .
Adjective
[edit ]playo (feminine playa , masculine plural playos , feminine plural playas )
Etymology 2
[edit ]Etymology tree
English ply
English -er
Spanish playo
Borrowed from English pliers .
Noun
[edit ]playo m (plural playos )
- (Ecuador ) pliers
- Synonym: alicate
- (derogatory , slang , Costa Rica ) homosexual
Further reading
[edit ]- "playo", in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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