Etymology
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From cerro + -illo.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): (Spain) /θeˈriʝo/ [θeˈri.ʝo]
- IPA(key): (most of Spain) /θeˈriʝo/ [θeˈri.ʝo]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /θeˈriʎo/ [θeˈri.ʎo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /seˈriʝo/ [seˈri.ʝo]
- IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /seˈriʝo/ [seˈri.ʝo]
- IPA(key): (Andes Mountains) /seˈriʎo/ [seˈri.ʎo]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /seˈriʃo/ [seˈri.ʃo]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /seˈriʒo/ [seˈri.ʒo]
- (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: ce‧rri‧llo
cerrillo m (plural cerrillos)
- Diminutive of cerro
- common thatching grass, Hyparrhenia hirta.
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