mediquillo

Spanish

Etymology

From médico +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mediˈkiʝo/ [me.ð̞iˈki.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /mediˈkiʝo/ [me.ð̞iˈki.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /mediˈkiʎo/ [me.ð̞iˈki.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /mediˈkiʃo/ [me.ð̞iˈki.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /mediˈkiʒo/ [me.ð̞iˈki.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo
• Rhymes: -iʎo
• Rhymes: -iʃo
• Rhymes: -iʒo

• Syllabification: me‧di‧qui‧llo

Noun

mediquillo m (plural mediquillos)

1. diminutive of médico

Further reading

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