Masculine
chopo
Meaning
A poplar tree, often the black poplar (Populus nigra)
Concepts
black poplar
Populus
silver poplar
silverleaf poplar
old world black poplar
lombardy poplar
Synonyms
álamo negro
chopo blanco
álamo canadiense
chopo negro
tacamaca
Populus
álamo carolina
álamo criollo
chopo boleana
lamagueiro
lamigueiro
álamo afgano
álamo branco
álamo negro europeo
chop
populus
Hyphenated as
cho‧po
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈt͡ʃopo/
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish, possibly through an earlier form *llopo, from Vulgar Latin *plōppus, with metathesis from Latin pōpulus. Likely influenced by Portuguese choupo, if not simply borrowed from it.
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