novillo
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin novellus. Doublet of novel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /noˈbiʝo/ [noˈβ̞i.ʝo]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /noˈbiʎo/ [noˈβ̞i.ʎo]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /noˈbiʃo/ [noˈβ̞i.ʃo]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /noˈbiʒo/ [noˈβ̞i.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: no‧vi‧llo
Noun
novillo m (plural novillos)
- young ox, young bull
Derived terms
- hacer novillos
- novillero
Related terms
- nuevo
Descendants
- → Portuguese: novilho
Further reading
- “novillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014