guapo - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (2024)

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• (AAVE, MTE) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwɑpoʊ̯/

Noun[edit]

guapo (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of gwop

   • 2020 October 10, “Toot That sh*t Up”, Kai Bandz (lyrics), 0:47:

     […] It’s for the guapo,
     can't waste time with the diamonds, I’m tryna git swallow

Asturian[edit]

Adjective[edit]

guapo

1. neuter of guapu

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish guapo, from Latin vappa.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈɡwa.pu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈɡwa.po]

Adjective[edit]

guapo (feminine guapa, masculine plural guapos, feminine plural guapes)

1. good-looking or handsome (unisex)
2. smart or elegant

Cebuano[edit]

Adjective[edit]

guapo

1. handsome

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Attested since 1755. Probably from Spanish guapo.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡwapʊ]

Adjective[edit]

guapo (feminine guapa, masculine plural guapos, feminine plural guapas)

1. good

   Synonym: bo

   • 1812, Ramón González Semnra, Carta recomendada:

     nosoutros xa lle temos un jues moi guapo. Para buscalo non fixemos mais que botar ó ollo ó veciño da jurisdizon que nos pareceu mais honrado, mais home de ben, mais cristiano, é que millor coidaba da sua familia é da sua casa, sin ser empexoso, nin empeitizo, nin sobervio, nin cobizoso, nin zizañeiro

     See Also

     The Ultimate List of Sweet Spanish Nicknames for Couples

     we already have a very good judge. For finding him we did nothing but search for the neighbor that seemed to us as the most honest, the most upstanding, the most Christian, and that tooks the most care of his family and house; who is neither envious, nor haughty, nor arrogant, nor greedy, nor an instigator.

2. nice, beautiful

   Synonym: bonito

   • 1755, Magdalena Garcia de Ogando, Carta:

     a sua sobriña Faruciña me dice que de sua parte le diga a bustede que lle quer regale con un rosario de Jerusalen mui guapo

     you niece Farruquiña tell me that, on her behalf, I tell you that she want to gift you a very nice rosary of Jerusalem

3. good-looking

   Synonyms: fermoso, garrido

References[edit]

• “guapo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “guapo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “guapo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Mirandese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwa.pu/

Adjective[edit]

guapom (feminine guapa, masculine plural guapos, feminine plural guapas, superlative guapíssemo)

1. gorgeous, beautiful

References[edit]

“guapo” in Amadeu Ferreira, José Pedro Cardona Ferreira, Dicionário Mirandês-Português, 1st edition, 2004.

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish guapo.

Pronunciation[edit]

• Hyphenation: gua‧po

Adjective[edit]

guapo (feminine guapa, masculine plural guapos, feminine plural guapas)

1. brave; courageous

   Synonyms: bravo, corajoso

2. pretty; beautiful

   Synonyms: belo, bonito

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Latin vappa (“flat wine; figuratively, worthless person”), probably not directly but through the intermediate of dialectal Old French wape, gape, gouape, which has also received influence from Proto-Germanic *hwapjaną (“to breathe, air out, let go to waste, become sour”). At one point meant "rascal" or "ruffian" and evolved in meaning over time.^[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwapo/ [ˈɡwa.po]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -apo
• Syllabification: gua‧po

Noun[edit]

guapom (plural guapos)

1. arrowroot

   Synonyms: maranta, sagú, planta obediente

Adjective[edit]

guapo (feminine guapa, masculine plural guapos, feminine plural guapas, superlative guapísimo)

1. good-looking; handsome, pretty (describes a man or a woman)

   Synonyms: bonito, hermoso, lindo

   Antonym: feo

   Los chicos son guapos.

   The boys are good-looking.

2. smart or elegant
3. bold, fearless
4. (Dominican Republic) angry, upset

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

• → Cebuano: gwapo
• → Portuguese: guapo
• → Galician: guapo
• → Tagalog: guwapo
• → French: gouape
• → Neapolitan: guappo
  • → English: wop
• →? English: gwop, guap, gwap, gwuap
  • → German: Gwop
  • → Russian: гвап (gvap), гуа́п (guáp)

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• “guapo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014