cipotada

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish cipo

Spanish -ote

Spanish cipote

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Latin -āta

Spanish -ada

Spanish cipotada

From cipote (“child, youngster”) + -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θipoˈtada/ [θi.poˈt̪a.ð̞a] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /sipoˈtada/ [si.poˈt̪a.ð̞a] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ci‧po‧ta‧da

Noun

cipotada f (plural cipotadas)

1. (colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras) a childish act, suitable for a child.

   Synonym: niñada

2. (colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras) a group of children or youngsters.

Further reading

• “cipotada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025