anillo
See also: anilló
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /aˈniʝo/ [aˈni.ʝo]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /aˈniʎo/ [aˈni.ʎo]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aˈniʃo/ [aˈni.ʃo]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈniʒo/ [aˈni.ʒo]
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- (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: a‧ni‧llo
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Spanish aniello, from Latin ānellus (“little ring”), from ānulus, diminutive of ānus (“ring”). Compare Catalan anell, French anneau, Italian anello, Portuguese anel.
Usage notes
- The difference between anillo and anilla: both translate as ring in English. anillo is for the jewellery, also the planetary ring, ring on a tree, bullfighting ring, building in a circular shape, geometrical ring, among others. anilla may refer to a curtain ring, ring on a shoe, a ring onto which to tie a rope, a ring put round a bird's foot for tracking (also known as anillo), a gymnastic ring, among others.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “anillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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