sapo

From Latin sāpō, English soap.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsapo/

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• Rhymes: -apo
• Syllabification: sa‧po

sapo (accusative singular sapon, plural sapoj, accusative plural sapojn)

1. soap

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• IPA^(key): /ˈsapo/ [ˈs̺a.pʊ]
• Rhymes: -apo
• Hyphenation: sa‧po

sapo m (plural sapos)

1. toad

   Synonyms: costro, coucou

2. ancient amulet against sorcery in the form of a small bag with one esconxuro (incantation, spell) inside

• Sapeira
• sapoconcho

• “sapo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “sapo”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

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African Cardinal: sapo     American Cardinal: ten     Ordinal: sapo     Adverbial: fuh sapo     Multiplier: sapo-time     Collective: allsapo

From Fula sapo.

• IPA^(key): /sɑ.po/

sapo

1. tenth

sapo

1. ten

• Gullah communicates both the number and its ordinal adjective in the same word.

• Lorenzo Dow Turner, Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect (1969)

Unknown, possibly from Japanese しゃぶしゃぶ (shabushabu); onomatopoeic, resembling the sound emitted when the ingredients are stirred in the pot.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsapo]
• Hyphenation: sa‧po

sapo (plural sapo-sapo)

1. hot pot, (pot and meal)

• “sapo”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ. Documented since the first century CE (see quote).

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

sāpō m (genitive sāpōnis); third declension

1. An ancient hair product.
   • late 1st c. CE, Pliny, Natural History, 28.12.51:

     Prodest et sapo, Galliarum hoc inventum rutilandis capillis. Fit ex sebo et cinere, optimus fagino et caprino, duobus modis, spissus ac liquidus, uterque apud Germanos maiore in usu viris quam feminis.

     The Gaulish invention sapo is also useful for dying one's hair red. It is made of animal fat and ash; the best kind is made of ash from beech trees and fat from goats. It comes in two types, a viscous one and a more runny one, both of which are more commonly used by men than women amongst the Germanic peoples.

Third-declension noun.

• sāpōnātum

• sebum

• “sapo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "sapo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “sapo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “sapo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “sapo”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapu.

sapo

1. to rub

From Old Galician-Portuguese sapo, of unknown origin. Possibly from Iberian.

Cognate with Galician sapo, Mirandese sapo, Asturian sapu, Spanish sapo, Aragonese zapo and Basque apo.

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• Rhymes: -apu
• Hyphenation: sa‧po

sapo m (plural sapos, feminine sapa, feminine plural sapas)

1. toad (amphibian in Anura with drier skin)

   Coordinate terms: rã, perereca

2. (loosely, proscribed) anuran (any amphibian of the order Anura)

   Synonym: anuro

• “sapo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sapo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Unknown, possibly an onomatopoeic borrowing from Iberian (denoting the noise a toad makes when upon falling into a puddle or onto wet ground), and cognate with Basque apo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsapo/ [ˈsa.po]

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• Rhymes: -apo
• Syllabification: sa‧po

sapo (feminine sapa, masculine plural sapos, feminine plural sapas)

1. (Chile) ugly
2. telltale, loudmouth

sapo m (plural sapos, feminine sapa, feminine plural sapas)

1. toad
2. (Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, colloquial) a very curious person
3. (Chile, Ecuador, Peru, colloquial) a voyeur

   Synonyms: mirón, voyeur

4. (Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, colloquial, derogatory) informer

   Synonyms: informante, chivato, delator

5. (Mexico) flapper valve

• → Gascon: sapo
• → San Juan Atzingo Popoloca: cosápo

• rana f
• renacuajo m, ranacuajo m

• “sapo”, 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

• aspo
• paso
• poas
• posa
• sopa

Compare sapupo.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saˈpo/ [sɐˈpo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: sa‧po

sapó (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉᜓ)

1. held or supported carefully with the palms of one's hands

   Synonyms: sapupo, salo, hawak, hawak-hawak

2. supported with a prop

   Synonyms: may-tukod, may-salo, may-sapo, salo-salo

sapó (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉᜓ)

1. act of supporting or carrying by the palm of the hands

   Synonyms: sapupo, pagsapupo, salo, hawak

2. temporary undersupport (to prevent from collapsing)

Compare pupo.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saˈpoʔ/ [sɐˈpoʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: sa‧po

sapô (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉᜓ)

1. banana tree stump (after being cut down)
2. overflowing of water on the road or field

• sakwa
• tinampayakan

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saˈpo/ [sɐˈpo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: sa‧po

sapó (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉᜓ)

1. ochre; ocher; red earth
2. red ochre used in polishing gold surfaces
3. metallic coating or gilding

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsapo/ [ˈsaː.po]
• Rhymes: -apo
• Syllabification: sa‧po

sapo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉᜓ)

1. small cobweb usually found on low grasses with clinging drops of dew (especially in the early morning)

• “sapo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• “sapo”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2026.
• “sapo” in Tagalog-English Dictionary, TAGALOG LANG, 2007.
• 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.

• poas, sopa, paos, paso