pijuyo

Spanish

Etymology

From pijuy +‎ -o, cf. cuyo (“guinea pig”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /piˈxuʝo/ [piˈxu.ʝo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /piˈxuʃo/ [piˈxu.ʃo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /piˈxuʒo/ [piˈxu.ʒo]

Rhymes: -uʝo
Syllabification: pi‧ju‧yo

Noun

pijuyo m (plural pijuyos)

(El Salvador) Alternative form of pijuy
(colloquial, El Salvador) thin and small boy or man

Usage notes

In the sense of thin and small person, the term is rarely, if ever, applied to women.

Derived terms

pijuyito

Further reading

“pijuyo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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