palillo
Galician
Palillos
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish palillo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [paˈliʎʊ]
Noun
palillo m (plural palillos)
- bobbin
- Synonym: bilro
- toothpick
- Synonym: escarvadentes
- chopstick (single eating utensil)
Derived terms
- encaixe de palillos
- palillar
- palilleira
References
- “palillo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “palillo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “palillo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
Etymology
From palo + -illo.
Noun
palillo m (plural palillos)
- toothpick
- Synonyms: mondadientes, escarbadientes
- chopstick (single eating utensil)
- Synonyms: palito chino, palillo chino
- (music) drumstick
- Synonym: baqueta, palote
- Diminutive of palo: small stick
- very thin person
- (Uruguay, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Andalusia) clothes peg, clothespin
- Synonyms: pinza, gancho, palito, prensa, broche, agarrador, perro, perrito, perilllo, horquilla, prensaropa, alfiler, traba
- (Bolivia, Peru, Chile) knitting needle
Derived terms
- palillo de dientes
- palillo de cóctel
Further reading
- “palillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014