bombillo
Spanish
Etymology
Diminutive of bombo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /bomˈbiʝo/ [bõmˈbi.ʝo]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /bomˈbiʎo/ [bõmˈbi.ʎo]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /bomˈbiʃo/ [bõmˈbi.ʃo]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /bomˈbiʒo/ [bõmˈbi.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: bom‧bi‧llo
Noun
bombillo m (plural bombillos)
- (Central America, Colombia) light bulb, light globe
- Synonyms: bombilla, ampolleta
Descendants
- → Maquiritari: womjiiyu
Further reading
- “bombillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014