grillete
Spanish
Etymology
From grillo + -ete (diminutive).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡɾiˈʝete/ [ɡɾiˈʝe.t̪e]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ɡɾiˈʎete/ [ɡɾiˈʎe.t̪e]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡɾiˈʃete/ [ɡɾiˈʃe.t̪e]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡɾiˈʒete/ [ɡɾiˈʒe.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ete
- Syllabification: gri‧lle‧te
Noun
grillete m (plural grilletes)
- shackle
- (in the plural) jougs
Further reading
- “grillete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014