pillo
Catalan edit
Verb edit
pillo
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pillo m (plural pilli)
- tamper (tool)
Further reading edit
- pillo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpil.loː/, [ˈpɪlːʲoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpil.lo/, [ˈpilːo]
Noun edit
pillō f (genitive pillōnis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | pillō | pillōnēs |
Genitive | pillōnis | pillōnum |
Dative | pillōnī | pillōnibus |
Accusative | pillōnem | pillōnēs |
Ablative | pillōne | pillōnibus |
Vocative | pillō | pillōnēs |
Synonyms edit
- (chaff): palea (Classical)
References edit
- pillo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “pillo”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 797/2
Latvian edit
Adjective edit
pillo
- (dialectal) vocative singular masculine of pillais
- (dialectal) accusative singular masculine of pillais
- (dialectal) instrumental singular masculine of pillais
- (dialectal) genitive plural masculine of pillais
- (dialectal) vocative singular feminine of pillais
- (dialectal) accusative singular feminine of pillais
- (dialectal) instrumental singular feminine of pillais
- (dialectal) genitive plural feminine of pillais
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
- Syllabification: pi‧llo
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
pillo (feminine pilla, masculine plural pillos, feminine plural pillas)
Related terms edit
Noun edit
pillo m (plural pillos, feminine pilla, feminine plural pillas)
- cheeky or naughty person, crook or thief; scoundrel
- 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:
- las prácticas religiosas no son otra cosa que una especie de instrumento correccional contra los pillos.
- religious practices are nothing more than a kind of correctional instrument against crooks.
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
pillo
Further reading edit
- “pillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014