pupo

• Hyphenation: pu‧po

pupo

1. to pick; to harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached
2. to pluck; to pull something sharply; to pull something out
3. to reap; to obtain or receive as a reward

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:pupo.

From Latin pupa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.po/

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• Hyphenation: pu‧po

pupo (accusative singular pupon, plural pupoj, accusative plural pupojn)

1. doll
2. hand puppet

• gantpupo (“hand puppet”)
• pupdomo (“doll's house”)
• pupteatro (“puppet show”)

• marioneto (“marionette”)

pupo (accusative singular pupon, plural pupoj, accusative plural pupojn)

1. (entomology) pupa

Borrowed from English poop, French poupe, Italian poppa, Spanish popa. The u was adopted to differentiate the word from popo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpupo/

pupo (plural pupi)

1. (nautical) poop, stern (of a ship, boat)

From Latin pūpus (“boy”, “child”), from the Proto-Indo-European root *peh₂w- (“few”, “little”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpupo/, [ˈpuː.po]
• Hyphenation: pu‧po

pupo m (plural pupi)

1. (regional) A small child.
2. puppet

• (1): bambino, bimbo
• (2): marionetta

• pupazzo

pūpō

1. dative singular of pūpus
2. ablative singular of pūpus