morrillo

Spanish

Etymology

From morro +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /moˈriʝo/ [moˈri.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /moˈriʝo/ [moˈri.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /moˈriʎo/ [moˈri.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /moˈriʃo/ [moˈri.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /moˈriʒo/ [moˈri.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: mo‧rri‧llo

Noun

morrillo m (plural morrillos)

1. back of the neck
2. the fleshy back part of the neck of cattle or tuna
   • 1872, José María de Pereda, Los hombres de pro:

     Juana la sintió en su alma, como un toro siente en el morrillo el primer par de banderillas

     Juana felt it in her soul, like a bull feels the banderilla in the back of its neck

Further reading

• “morrillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014