cerquillo

Spanish

Etymology

From cerco +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeɾˈkiʝo/ [θeɾˈki.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /θeɾˈkiʝo/ [θeɾˈki.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /θeɾˈkiʎo/ [θeɾˈki.ʎo]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /seɾˈkiʝo/ [seɾˈki.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /seɾˈkiʝo/ [seɾˈki.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /seɾˈkiʎo/ [seɾˈki.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /seɾˈkiʃo/ [seɾˈki.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /seɾˈkiʒo/ [seɾˈki.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: cer‧qui‧llo

Noun

cerquillo m (plural cerquillos)

1. fringe

Further reading

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