-cillo

See also: Cillo

Spanish

Alternative forms

• -cilla

Etymology

From -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθiʝo/ [ˈθi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /ˈθiʝo/ [ˈθi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /ˈθiʎo/ [ˈθi.ʎo]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsiʝo/ [ˈsi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /ˈsiʝo/ [ˈsi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /ˈsiʎo/ [ˈsi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈsiʃo/ [ˈsi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈsiʒo/ [ˈsi.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: -ci‧llo

Suffix

-cillo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -cillos)

1. Alternative form of -illo

   amorcillo

Usage notes

• Used especially after masculine nouns. Compare -cilla.

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -cillo

Further reading

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