chillido
Spanish
Etymology
chillar + -ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /t͡ʃiˈʝido/ [t͡ʃiˈʝi.ð̞o]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /t͡ʃiˈʎido/ [t͡ʃiˈʎi.ð̞o]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /t͡ʃiˈʃido/ [t͡ʃiˈʃi.ð̞o]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /t͡ʃiˈʒido/ [t͡ʃiˈʒi.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -ido
- Syllabification: chi‧lli‧do
Noun
chillido m (plural chillidos)
- shriek, screech, squawk, hoot
Further reading
- “chillido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014