arbolillo

Spanish

Etymology

From árbol +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aɾboˈliʝo/ [aɾ.β̞oˈli.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /aɾboˈliʝo/ [aɾ.β̞oˈli.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /aɾboˈliʎo/ [aɾ.β̞oˈli.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aɾboˈliʃo/ [aɾ.β̞oˈli.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aɾboˈliʒo/ [aɾ.β̞oˈli.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: ar‧bo‧li‧llo

Noun

arbolillo m (plural arbolillos)

1. Diminutive of árbol; small tree

Further reading

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