morrillo
Spanish
Etymology
morro + -illo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /moˈriʝo/ [moˈri.ʝo]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /moˈriʎo/ [moˈri.ʎo]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /moˈriʃo/ [moˈri.ʃo]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /moˈriʒo/ [moˈri.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‧rri‧llo
Noun
morrillo m (plural morrillos)
- back of the neck
- the fleshy back part of the neck of cattle or tuna
- 1872, José María de Pereda, Los hombres de pro:
- Juana la sintió en su alma, como un toro siente en el morrillo el primer par de banderillas
- Juana felt it in her soul, like a bull feels the banderilla in the back of its neck
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Further reading
- “morrillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014