dragoncillo
Spanish
Etymology
dragón + -cillo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain) /dɾaɡonˈθiʝo/ [d̪ɾa.ɣ̞õn̟ˈθi.ʝo]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /dɾaɡonˈθiʎo/ [d̪ɾa.ɣ̞õn̟ˈθi.ʎo]
- IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /dɾaɡonˈsiʝo/ [d̪ɾa.ɣ̞õnˈsi.ʝo]
- IPA(key): (Andes Mountains) /dɾaɡonˈsiʎo/ [d̪ɾa.ɣ̞õnˈsi.ʎo]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /dɾaɡonˈsiʃo/ [d̪ɾa.ɣ̞õnˈsi.ʃo]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /dɾaɡonˈsiʒo/ [d̪ɾa.ɣ̞õnˈsi.ʒo]
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝo
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎo
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃo
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒo
- Syllabification: dra‧gon‧ci‧llo
Noun
dragoncillo m (plural dragoncillos)
- Diminutive of dragón
Further reading
- “dragoncillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014