olivillo

Spanish

Etymology

From olivo +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oliˈbiʝo/ [o.liˈβ̞i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /oliˈbiʝo/ [o.liˈβ̞i.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /oliˈbiʎo/ [o.liˈβ̞i.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /oliˈbiʃo/ [o.liˈβ̞i.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /oliˈbiʒo/ [o.liˈβ̞i.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: o‧li‧vi‧llo

Noun

olivillo m (plural olivillos)

1. any of a number of plants
   1. Phillyrea latifolia
   2. Aextoxicon punctatum
   3. Kageneckia angustifolia
   4. Kageneckia angustifolia

Further reading

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