Sol de Mayo

English

Noun

Sol de Mayo (plural Sol de Mayos)

1. Borrowed from Spanish Sol de Mayo; any instance of a Sol de Mayo, or a sun with a human-like face.

   Synonym: Sun of May

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “Sun of May”, alluding to the May Revolution in 1810.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˌsol de ˈmaʝo/ [ˌsol̪ d̪e ˈma.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /ˌsol de ˈmaʝo/ [ˌsol̪ d̪e ˈma.ʝo] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay, northern Mexico, Yucatán and Central America (except Panama))
• IPA^(key): /ˌsol de ˈmaʃo/ [ˌsol̪ d̪e ˈma.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˌsol de ˈmaʒo/ [ˌsol̪ d̪e ˈma.ʒo] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˌsol de ˈmajo/ [ˌsol̪ d̪e ˈma.jo] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: Sol de Ma‧yo

Proper noun

el Sol de Mayo m

1. A national symbol of Argentina, Uruguay, and Ecuador, appearing on each of their flags, representing Inti, the Inca God of the Sun.

Noun

Sol de Mayo m (plural Soles de Mayo)

1. (by extension) A sun with a human face.

Further reading

• Sol de Mayo on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es