descansillo

Spanish

Etymology

From descanso +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /deskanˈsiʝo/ [d̪es.kãnˈsi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /deskanˈsiʝo/ [d̪es.kãnˈsi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /deskanˈsiʎo/ [d̪es.kãnˈsi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /deskanˈsiʃo/ [d̪es.kãnˈsi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /deskanˈsiʒo/ [d̪es.kãnˈsi.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: des‧can‧si‧llo

Noun

descansillo m (plural descansillos)

1. landing (above stairs)

   Synonym: rellano

   • 2018, “Malamente (Cap.1: Augurio)”, in El mal querer, performed by Rosalía:

     Está parpadeando la luz del descansillo / Una voz en la escalera, alguien cruzando el pasillo

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

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