ciruelillo

Spanish

Etymology

From ciruelo +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θiɾweˈliʝo/ [θi.ɾweˈli.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /θiɾweˈliʝo/ [θi.ɾweˈli.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /θiɾweˈliʎo/ [θi.ɾweˈli.ʎo]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /siɾweˈliʝo/ [si.ɾweˈli.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /siɾweˈliʝo/ [si.ɾweˈli.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /siɾweˈliʎo/ [si.ɾweˈli.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /siɾweˈliʃo/ [si.ɾweˈli.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /siɾweˈliʒo/ [si.ɾweˈli.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: ci‧rue‧li‧llo

Noun

ciruelillo m (plural ciruelillos)

1. Chilean firetree

Further reading

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