tupper

See also: Tupper

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of English Tupperware.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtapeɾ/ [ˈt̪a.peɾ]
    • Rhymes: -apeɾ
  • IPA(key): /ˈtopeɾ/ [ˈt̪o.peɾ]
    • Rhymes: -opeɾ
  • IPA(key): /ˈtuppeɾ/ [ˈt̪up̚.per]
    • Rhymes: -uppeɾ
  • Syllabification: tup‧per

Noun

tupper m (plural tuppers or tupper)

  1. alternative form of Tupperware

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “tupper”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]
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