apio

1. (masculine) celery
2. (Spain, masculine, slang) queer, poof

Hyphenated as

a‧pio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈapjo/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish: apio

Inherited from Latin: apium

Cognate with Portuguese: aipo

Cognate with Galician: aipo

In summary

According to Coromines and Pascual, from Old Spanish apio, inherited from Latin apium, cognate with Portuguese aipo, Galician aipo, ampio. Another example of Spanish retaining [j] after a labial is rubio (“blond”), compare Portuguese ruivo (“red-haired, redhead”).

Concepts

celery

celeriac

shrub celery

Waldorf salad

Arracacia xanthorrhiza

arracacha

arracacia esculenta

arracha

peruvian carrot

peruvian parsnip

brunoise

wild celery

queer

garden celery

Synonyms

arracacha

celery

Arracacia xanthorrhiza

arracacia esculenta

zanahoria

🥕

lakachu

mandoquina

virraca

céleri

arracha

in this country

Translations

sedano

Sellerie

aipo

céleri

selderij

selderie

σέλινο

seler

apium

api

kereviz

كرفس

selder

bleekselderij

cèleri