cientopiés

Spanish

Etymology

From ciento (“one hundred”) +‎ pies (“feet”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /θjentoˈpjes/ [θjẽn̪.t̪oˈpjes]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /sjentoˈpjes/ [sjẽn̪.t̪oˈpjes]
Rhymes: -es
Syllabification: cien‧to‧piés

Noun

cientopiés m (plural cientopiés)

(New Mexico) Synonym of ciempiés

References

Rubén Cobos (2003) A Dictionary of New Mexico & Southern Colorado Spanish‎, Museum of New Mexico Press, →ISBN

Further reading

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

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