alfilerillo
English
Etymology
From Spanish alfilerillo.
Noun
alfilerillo
- Alternative form of alfilaria
- Machaonia woodburyana, a plant in the family Rubiaceae.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /alfileˈɾiʝo/ [al.fi.leˈɾi.ʝo]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /alfileˈɾiʎo/ [al.fi.leˈɾi.ʎo]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /alfileˈɾiʃo/ [al.fi.leˈɾi.ʃo]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /alfileˈɾiʒo/ [al.fi.leˈɾi.ʒo]
- (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: al‧fi‧le‧ri‧llo
Descendants
- → English: alfilerillo
Further reading
- “alfilerillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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