monillo
Spanish
Etymology
mono + -illo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /moˈniʝo/ [moˈni.ʝo]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /moˈniʎo/ [moˈni.ʎo]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /moˈniʃo/ [moˈni.ʃo]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /moˈniʒo/ [moˈni.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: mo‧ni‧llo
Noun
monillo m (plural monillos)
- Diminutive of mono
Further reading
- “monillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014