mayo

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪ.əʊ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪəʊ

mayo (countable and uncountable, plural mayos)

1. Clipping of mayonnaise.

   Pass me the mayo, please.

2. (countable, offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur, Internet slang) A white person.
3. (Australia, informal) Exaggeration.
   • 2017 November 20, Rudi Edsall, “Kerry O'Keeffe's hilarious story about the one time he captained Australia”, in Triple M‎^[1]:

     Judging by the scorecard, Skull may have laid a dollop of mayo on the story, but who cares when the story is that well told?

   • 2023 May 22, Cal Twomey, quoting Twomey and Bailey Smith, “'I'm in a good space now': Gun Dog on life in the spotlight”, in AFL Media; Western Bulldogs‎^[2]:

     [Twomey:] Let's start with one you've never been asked in an interview: did you know Patrick Cripps pulled your hair last week?
     [Smith:] That's a good question. We laughed about it during the game because I put a bit of mayo on it to see if I could milk a free kick.

   • 2023 November 17, Jo Trilling, Yeah, Nah! William McInnes's favourite Aussie sayings‎^[3] (radio), spoken by William McInnes, via ABC Radio Perth:

     ... He played a forward defensive shot, and he held it like it was a beautiful cover drive, and someone said, "Oh, mate, stop adding the mayo! It's just a forward defensive, you flog!"

• (white person): see Thesaurus:white person

• Amoy, Moya, moya

From Latin Maius.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaʝo/
• Syllabification: ma‧yo
• Rhymes: -aʝo

mayo m

1. May

• IPA^(key): /ˈmajoʔ/ [ˈma.joʔ]

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• Hyphenation: ma‧yo

mayò (plural marayo, Basahan spelling ᜋᜌᜓ)

1. (Naga) absent

   Synonyms: wara, awsente

   Antonym: yaon

   Mayo naman siya sa klase.

   S/he's absent again in class.

mayò (plural marayo, Basahan spelling ᜋᜌᜓ)

1. (Naga, indefinite) nothing; none; no one; nobody

   Synonyms: wara, dai

   Antonyms: igwa, may

   Mayo baga nin tawo sa harong.

   There's no one in the house.

Clipping of mayonaise.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.joː/

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• Hyphenation: ma‧yo
• Rhymes: -aːjoː

mayo f (plural mayo's, no diminutive)

1. (informal) mayonnaise

   Synonym: mayonaise

Borrowed from Spanish mayo.

mayo

1. May

From French maillot.

• IPA^(key): /majo/

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mayo

1. t-shirt

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[4], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 127

mayo (plural mayi)

1. May (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

mayo

1. Rōmaji transcription of マヨ

[Canadian syllabic needed]

mayo

1. feces

From Latin Maius, from Maia.

• (Galicia) IPA^(key): /ˈmaj.o/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmaj.ʊ/

mayo m (plural mayos)

1. May
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de Toledo, cantiga 406 (facsimile):

     ben uennas mayo

     Welcome, May!

• Galician: maio
• Portuguese: maio (see there for further descendants)

From Spanish mayor and Portuguese maior.

mayo

1. parent

• mayó
• mayor

mayo m (plural mayos)

1. obsolete spelling of maio

• Rhymes: -aʝo
• Syllabification: ma‧yo

Inherited from Old Spanish mayo, from Latin Maius.

• may., may (abbreviation)

mayo m (plural mayos)

1. May
   • 2025 April 30, Alexandra Skores, “La fecha límite para la REAL ID es en una semana. Esto es lo que la TSA quiere que sepas”, in CNN en Español‎^[5]:

     Si bien la fecha del 7 de mayo parece haber desatado una carrera loca por la documentación, “antes de la fecha límite, la TSA ha estado trabajando intensamente con los estados, las aerolíneas, los aeropuertos, el Congreso y la industria de viajes para alentar el cumplimiento entre los viajeros”, dijo a CNN un portavoz de la Administración de Seguridad del Transporte.

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mayo

1. first-person singular present indicative of mayar

• “mayo”, 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

Borrowed from French maillot.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɑjo]

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mayo (definite accusative mayoyu, plural mayolar)

1. swimsuit