torillo
Spanish
Etymology
toro + -illo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /toˈɾiʝo/ [t̪oˈɾi.ʝo]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /toˈɾiʎo/ [t̪oˈɾi.ʎo]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /toˈɾiʃo/ [t̪oˈɾi.ʃo]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /toˈɾiʒo/ [t̪oˈɾi.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: to‧ri‧llo
Noun
torillo m (plural torillos)
- Diminutive of toro
- buttonquail
Further reading
- “torillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014