ovillo

See also: ovilló

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oˈbiʝo/ [oˈβ̞i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /oˈbiʝo/ [oˈβ̞i.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /oˈbiʎo/ [oˈβ̞i.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /oˈbiʃo/ [oˈβ̞i.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /oˈbiʒo/ [oˈβ̞i.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

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

• Syllabification: o‧vi‧llo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish oviello, loviello, from Late Latin lubellum < globellum, diminutive from Latin globus.

The loss of initial /l/ may be due to absorption by a preceding article (el loviello > el oviello).

Noun

ovillo m (plural ovillos)

1. ball (of wool)
2. ball (of things tied up)
3. pile, bunch

Derived terms

• hacerse un ovillo

 

Etymology 2

Verb

ovillo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ovillar

References

• Penny, Ralph. 2002. A history of the Spanish language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Page 95.

Further reading

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