huesillo

huesillo

Spanish

Etymology

hueso +‎ -illo

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /w̝eˈsiʝo/ [w̝eˈsi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /w̝eˈsiʝo/ [w̝eˈsi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /w̝eˈsiʎo/ [w̝eˈsi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /w̝eˈsiʃo/ [w̝eˈsi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /w̝eˈsiʒo/ [w̝eˈsi.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• (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: hue‧si‧llo

Noun

huesillo m (plural huesillos)

1. Diminutive of hueso
2. a dried pitted peach

Further reading

• “huesillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014