noun, masculine/ˈxopo/plural: jopos
bushy tail (especially of a fox or similar animal); quiff, pompadour (hairstyle with hair brushed upward and backward)
Uncertain. Probably from a pre-Roman substrate word, originally referring to an animal's tail. The interjection evolved from the idea of shooing an animal away, and is closely related to the verb jopar (“to scram, to flee”).
interjection/ˈxopo/
shoo!, scram!, get out!, beat it! (used to dismiss someone abruptly or to drive away an animal)
“¡Jopo de aquí, que me estás molestando!” — Scram out of here, you're bothering me!
Uncertain. Probably from a pre-Roman substrate word, originally referring to an animal's tail. The interjection evolved from the idea of shooing an animal away, and is closely related to the verb jopar (“to scram, to flee”).