granadillo

Spanish

Etymology

From granadilla.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾanaˈdiʝo/ [ɡɾa.naˈð̞i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡɾanaˈdiʝo/ [ɡɾa.naˈð̞i.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ɡɾanaˈdiʎo/ [ɡɾa.naˈð̞i.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡɾanaˈdiʃo/ [ɡɾa.naˈð̞i.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡɾanaˈdiʒo/ [ɡɾa.naˈð̞i.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: gra‧na‧di‧llo

Noun

granadillo m (plural granadillos)

1. Brya ebenus, a Caribbean tree species in the legume family
2. Dalbergia nigra, a Brazilian tree species in the legume family
3. Hypericum canariense, a species of St. John's wort native to the Canary Islands

Further reading

• “granadillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• “granadillo” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.