torillo

Spanish

Etymology

From toro +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /toˈɾiʝo/ [t̪oˈɾi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /toˈɾiʝo/ [t̪oˈɾi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /toˈɾiʎo/ [t̪oˈɾi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /toˈɾiʃo/ [t̪oˈɾi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /toˈɾiʒo/ [t̪oˈɾi.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: to‧ri‧llo

Noun

torillo m (plural torillos)

1. Diminutive of toro
2. buttonquail

Further reading

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