fileteado

English

Etymology

Spanish fileteado, ultimately from Latin filum (“thread”), referring to fine painted lines.

Noun

fileteado

1. A type of artistic drawing and lettering, incorporating brightly coloured stylised lines, flowers and climbing plants, particularly associated with the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Anagrams

• defoliate

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fileteˈado/ [fi.le.t̪eˈa.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: fi‧le‧te‧a‧do

Participle

fileteado (feminine fileteada, masculine plural fileteados, feminine plural fileteadas)

1. past participle of filetear