chillido

Spanish

Etymology

From chillar +‎ -ido.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈʝido/ [t͡ʃiˈʝi.ð̞o]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /t͡ʃiˈʝido/ [t͡ʃiˈʝi.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /t͡ʃiˈʎido/ [t͡ʃiˈʎi.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /t͡ʃiˈʃido/ [t͡ʃiˈʃi.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /t͡ʃiˈʒido/ [t͡ʃiˈʒi.ð̞o]

• Rhymes: -ido
• Syllabification: chi‧lli‧do

Noun

chillido m (plural chillidos)

1. shriek, screech, squawk, hoot

Further reading

• “chillido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16