bolsillo
Spanish
Etymology
Diminutive, from bolso + -illo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /bolˈsiʝo/ [bolˈsi.ʝo]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /bolˈsiʎo/ [bolˈsi.ʎo]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /bolˈsiʃo/ [bolˈsi.ʃo]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /bolˈsiʒo/ [bolˈsi.ʒo]
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- (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: bol‧si‧llo
Noun
bolsillo m (plural bolsillos)
- pocket
- ¡Sácame del bolsillo!
- Take me out of your pocket! [Spanish cellphone ringtone]
- 1991, J. R. R. Tolkien, El Hobbit, Manuel Figueroa (trans.)
- —¿Qué tengo en el bolsillo? —dijo, en voz alta.
- "What do I have in my pocket?" he said, aloud.
- pocketbook (personal resources)
Derived terms
- de bolsillo
- libro de bolsillo
- protector de bolsillo
- reloj de bolsillo
Related terms
- bolsa
- bolso
Further reading
- “bolsillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- bolillos