What does «jopo» mean in Spanish?
- Southern. Copete or tuft of hair; hair standing on the front of the head; toupee.
Examples of use in Spanish: "¿tengo bien peinado el jopo?".
"El jopo estuvo de moda en el peinado masculino".
- Tail or tail that has a lot of hair; hopo.
Examples of use in Spanish: "el jopo del perro".
- Anus, ass, butt.
♦ Used in: Colombia - Panama
Examples of use in Spanish: "¡Le daré una patada en el jopo!".
- Large pin used to hold hair.
♦ Used in: Argentina - Bolivia - Ponytail style hairstyle that a woman does at the back of the head.
♦ Used in: Spain - Peru - Boring, bad, unpleasant or of little value.
♦ Used in: Colombia
Examples of use in Spanish: "esta fiesta está jopo, es insoportable".
- Very large, huge.
♦ Used in: Colombia - Mop, mop, mop, mop, mopping cloth, used to clean floors.
- Cup or plume of the canes when they reach their full development.
♦ Used in: Spain - Common name for the plants: - Orobanche hederae, European parasitic plant. - Orobanche densiflora.
- (¡jopo!) Interjection used to order someone to turn around and leave the way they came. Equivalent to "¡fuera!
Examples of use in Spanish: "venga, date prisa, ¡jopo!".
- (hasta dar el jopo) To the point of boredom.
♦ Used in: Argentina - Bolivia - Uruguay - (hasta el jopo) In a state of weariness.
♦ Used in: Bolivia - (del tiempo del jopo) Late 19th and early 20th century.
♦ Used in: Argentina - Uruguay
Examples of use in Spanish: "Yo quiero un hombre copero de los del tiempo del jopo, que al truco conteste “quiero” y en toda banca va al copo", letra del tango Mama, yo quiero un novio (1927) de Roberto Fontaina.
- (sudar el jopo) To cost a lot of work to achieve something.