soponcio

Unknown. Various theories exist:

• From Vulgar Latin sopiō.
• From a crossing between sopetón and *arreponcio.
• From a Late Latin phrase sub Pontiō Pīlātō, which supposedly meant crucified under Pontius Pilate.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /soˈponθjo/ [soˈpõn̟.θjo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /soˈponsjo/ [soˈpõn.sjo]
• Rhymes: -onθjo
• Rhymes: -onsjo
• Syllabification: so‧pon‧cio

soponcio m (plural soponcios)

1. (colloquial) swoon, faint, anguish

   Synonyms: desmayo, congoja, síncope

   le va a dar un soponcio

   it's going to make her faint

• “soponcio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28