pipiolo

Spanish

Etymology

Pseudo-Italianism, constructed from Italian pippione (“squab, young pigeon”) and -olo (diminutive), the former from Latin pīpiōnem (“squab, young pigeon”), ultimately onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈpjolo/ [piˈpjo.lo]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification: pi‧pio‧lo

Noun

pipiolo m (plural pipiolos, feminine pipiola, feminine plural pipiolas)

1. kid (young person)
2. newbie, noob, fledgling

Adjective

pipiolo (feminine pipiola, masculine plural pipiolos, feminine plural pipiolas)

1. young, junior

Further reading

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