pupo

• Hyphenation: pu‧po

pupo

1. to pick; to harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached
2. to pluck; to pull something sharply; to pull something out
3. to reap; to obtain or receive as a reward

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pupo.

From Latin pūpa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpupo/

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• Rhymes: -upo
• Syllabification: pu‧po

pupo (accusative singular pupon, plural pupoj, accusative plural pupojn)

1. doll
2. hand puppet
3. (entomology) pupa

• marioneto (“marionette”)

Borrowed from English poop, French poupe, Italian poppa, Spanish popa. The u was adopted to differentiate the word from popo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpupo/

pupo (plural pupi)

1. (nautical) poop, stern (of a ship, boat)

From Latin pūpus.

pupo (plural pupos)

1. boy

   Synonym: puero

2. child

Inherited from Latin pūpus (“boy, child”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few; little”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.po/
• Rhymes: -upo
• Hyphenation: pù‧po

pupo m (plural pupi)

1. puppet

   Synonym: marionetta

• pupazzo

pupo m (plural pupi, feminine pupa) (regional)

1. a small child

   Synonyms: bambino, bimbo

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpuː.poː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpuː.po]

pūpō

1. dative/ablative singular of pūpus

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.pɔ/
• Rhymes: -upɔ
• Syllabification: pu‧po

pupo f

1. vocative singular of pupa

Borrowed from Quechua pupu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpupo/ [ˈpu.po]
• Rhymes: -upo
• Syllabification: pu‧po

pupo m (plural pupos)

1. (Argentina, Ecuador) navel, belly button

• “pupo”, 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

• popo — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /puˈpoʔ/ [pʊˈpoʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: pu‧po

pupô (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜉᜓ)

1. respectfulness in expression by the use of po

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpupoʔ/ [ˈpuː.poʔ]
• Rhymes: -upoʔ
• Syllabification: pu‧po

pupò (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜉᜓ) (childish, slang)

1. alternative form of pupu (“feces; poop”)

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpupoʔ/ [ˈpuː.poʔ]
• Rhymes: -upoʔ
• Syllabification: pu‧po

pupò (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜉᜓ)

1. great advantage

Compare sapo. See also Kapampangan pupu.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpupoʔ/ [ˈpuː.poʔ]
• Rhymes: -upoʔ
• Syllabification: pu‧po

pupò (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜉᜓ)

1. broken or chopped off near the base or root

pupò (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜉᜓ)

1. (obsolete) act of cutting a tree at the foot of it

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /puˈpoʔ/ [pʊˈpoʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: pu‧po

pupô (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜉᜓ) (obsolete)

1. removal of inedible parts of food to separate the edible part (of chicken, fish, crab, shrimp, corn, beans, etc.)

   Synonyms: himay, paghimay

2. stringing and cutting into small pieces of beans (in preparation for cooking)

   Synonyms: himay, paghimay

• “pupo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• “pupo”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2026.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835), Vocabulario de la lengua Tagala, primera y segunda parte. En la primera, se pone primero el Castellano, y despues el Tagalo. Y en la segunda al contrario, que son las raíces simples con sus acentos.‎^[2] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: La Imprenta nueva de D. José María Dayot, por Tomás Oliva.