sopapo

Etymology

From so (“under”) +‎ papo (“dewlap, chin”), "underchin".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [soˈpapʊ]

Noun

sopapo m (plural sopapos)

1. smack

   Synonyms: bofetada, labazada

   • 1807, anonymous author, Primeiro diálogo dos esterqueiros:

     A cada berro que daba
     ibame seando atrás
     p[o]r se acaso me encaixaba
     un sopapo da sua man:

     For each shout he gave
     I was moving back
     in case he delivered me
     a smack of his hand

   • 1846, anonymous author, Carta de Cristobo a seu tio Don Alifonso de Santiago:

     Os escoleres quixeron
     Compol o diallo d’a zambra
     Con paliq’e cortesias
     Pro os demos repricaban
     Zimbrando sopapos ‘n eles
     Coma quen chobe saraiba.

     the sorcerers wanted to
     appease the devil of the uproar
     with chitchat and courtesies
     but the demons replied
     delivering smacks on them
     as if raining hailstone

2. undercut

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sopapo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “sopapo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “sopapo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -apu
• Hyphenation: so‧pa‧po

Noun

sopapo m (plural sopapos)

1. smack

   Synonym: bofetada

Etymology

From so (“under”) +‎ papo (“dewlap”).

Noun

sopapo m (plural sopapos)

1. smack, whack
   • 2015 July 11, “Estados Unidos gana con apuros a Haití y pasa a cuartos de final”, in El País‎:

     Los 25 primeros minutos fueron un sopapo de vitalidad de Haití a los anfitriones.

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   • 2020 October 11, Alejandro Ciriza, El País‎:

     El sopapo del rosco - solo uno antes, en la final del año pasado en Roma- le deja grogui.

     The smack in the face from the "duck" [0 score, i.e. losing the set 0-6], which happened just once before, in last year's final in Rome, left him groggy.

2. plunger

   Synonyms: sopapa, desatascador, destupidor, sopapo, chupón, destapacaños, chuclete, chupa, ventosa

Further reading

• “sopapo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10