tontillo

Spanish

Etymology

From tonto +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tonˈtiʝo/ [t̪õn̪ˈt̪i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /tonˈtiʝo/ [t̪õn̪ˈt̪i.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /tonˈtiʎo/ [t̪õn̪ˈt̪i.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tonˈtiʃo/ [t̪õn̪ˈt̪i.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tonˈtiʒo/ [t̪õn̪ˈt̪i.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: ton‧ti‧llo

Adjective

tontillo (feminine tontilla, masculine plural tontillos, feminine plural tontillas)

1. diminutive of tonto

Further reading

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