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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!"

From Latin Maius.

mayo m

  1. May

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.

mayo f (plural mayo's, no diminutive)

  1. (informal) mayonnaise
    Synonym: mayonaise

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

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Borrowed from Spanish mayo.

mayo

  1. May

From French maillot.

mayo

  1. t-shirt

mayo (plural mayi)

  1. May (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

mayo

  1. Rōmaji transcription of マヨ

[Canadian syllabic needed]

mayo

  1. feces

Old Galician-Portuguese

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From Latin Maius, from Maia.

mayo m (plural mayos)

  1. May
    • ben uennas mayo
      Welcome, May!

From Spanish mayor and Portuguese maior.

mayo

  1. parent

mayo m (plural mayos)

  1. obsolete spelling of maio

Old Spanish mayo

Spanish mayo

Inherited from Old Spanish mayo, from Latin Maius.

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

Borrowed from French maillot.

mayo (definite accusative mayoyu, plural mayolar)

  1. swimsuit