payo
Meaning
Opposite of
calé
Synonyms
Translations
Hyphenated as
pa‧yo
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpaʝo/
Etymology
In summary
According to Ramón Menéndez Pidal, borrowed from Portuguese or Galician payo, from Portuguese or Galician Pelayo, from Latin Pelagius, so of the same origin as the Spanish name Pelayo and related to piélago (“sea (poetic term)”).
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