trillizo

Spanish

Etymology

From tri- + mellizo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /tɾiˈʝiθo/ [t̪ɾiˈʝi.θo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /tɾiˈʝiθo/ [t̪ɾiˈʝi.θo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /tɾiˈʎiθo/ [t̪ɾiˈʎi.θo]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /tɾiˈʝiso/ [t̪ɾiˈʝi.so]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /tɾiˈʝiso/ [t̪ɾiˈʝi.so]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /tɾiˈʎiso/ [t̪ɾiˈʎi.so]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tɾiˈʃiso/ [t̪ɾiˈʃi.so]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tɾiˈʒiso/ [t̪ɾiˈʒi.so]

• (Spain) Rhymes: -iθo
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -iso
• Syllabification: tri‧lli‧zo

Adjective

trillizo (feminine trilliza, masculine plural trillizos, feminine plural trillizas)

1. triplet; in a group of three

Noun

trillizo m (plural trillizos)

1. triplet

Further reading

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