ganchillo

Spanish

Etymology

From gancho +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡanˈt͡ʃiʝo/ [ɡãnʲˈt͡ʃi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡanˈt͡ʃiʝo/ [ɡãnʲˈt͡ʃi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ɡanˈt͡ʃiʎo/ [ɡãnʲˈt͡ʃi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡanˈt͡ʃiʃo/ [ɡãnʲˈt͡ʃi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡanˈt͡ʃiʒo/ [ɡãnʲˈt͡ʃi.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: gan‧chi‧llo

Noun

ganchillo m (plural ganchillos)

1. crochet, crocheting

Descendants

• → Hiligaynon: gansilyo

Further reading

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