bosquecillo

Spanish

Etymology

From bosque +‎ -cillo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /boskeˈθiʝo/ [bos.keˈθi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /boskeˈθiʝo/ [bos.keˈθi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /boskeˈθiʎo/ [bos.keˈθi.ʎo]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /boskeˈsiʝo/ [bos.keˈsi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /boskeˈsiʝo/ [bos.keˈsi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /boskeˈsiʎo/ [bos.keˈsi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /boskeˈsiʃo/ [bos.keˈsi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /boskeˈsiʒo/ [bos.keˈsi.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• (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: bos‧que‧ci‧llo

Noun

bosquecillo m (plural bosquecillos)

1. copse, thicket
   • 2016 October 25, “Los macacos y el mango”, in ABC Color‎^[1]:

     Esta advertencia la hemos escuchado desde niños cuando en bosquecillo de la casa de los abuelos vivía una familia de macacos, que armaba un concierto todas las mañanas.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)