astilloso

Spanish

Etymology

From astilla (“splinter”) +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /astiˈʝoso/ [as.t̪iˈʝo.so]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /astiˈʝoso/ [as.t̪iˈʝo.so]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /astiˈʎoso/ [as.t̪iˈʎo.so]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /astiˈʃoso/ [as.t̪iˈʃo.so]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /astiˈʒoso/ [as.t̪iˈʒo.so]

• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: as‧ti‧llo‧so

Adjective

astilloso (feminine astillosa, masculine plural astillosos, feminine plural astillosas)

1. splintery, easily splintered, subject to breaking into sharp slender pieces

Further reading

• “astilloso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10