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/Sounds like "see" (as in "see") + "POH" (as in "port") + "tah" (as in "tar")/

Meaning

A girl or young woman in El Salvador and Honduras. It's the feminine form of cipote, used affectionately for any young woman, from a little sister to a neighborhood friend.

Examples

That cipota is really smart.

The cipotas from the neighborhood get together to play after school.

Word family
Regional synonyms

To earn a miserable salary that barely covers basic needs. Used in Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras to call out precarious working conditions with zero sugarcoating. The bluntness of the phrase is the whole point.