palito

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish palito.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈli.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈli.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈli.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈli.tu/

• Hyphenation: pa‧li‧to

Noun

palito m (plural palitos)

1. toothpick

Related terms

• pau

Descendants

• Hunsrik: Palitt

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Spanish

Etymology

From palo +‎ -ito.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈlito/ [paˈli.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Hyphenation: pa‧li‧to

Noun

palito m (plural palitos)

1. stick (of a lollipop, ice pop, popsicle)
2. twig, little wooden stick or rod
3. (Caribbean) cinnamon tea beverage
4. (colloquial, euphemistic, Mexico) sexual intercourse
5. Diminutive of palo

Related terms

• palillo

Further reading

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

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish palito, from palo+-ito.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧li‧to
• IPA^(key): /paˈlito/, [pɐˈli.to]

Noun

palito

1. toothpick

   Synonyms: tutpik, panghininga

2. matchstick
3. (slang) skinny person

   Synonym: payatot

Further reading

• “palito”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
• Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎^[1], Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN