gatillo

See also: gatilló

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡaˈtiʝo/ [ɡaˈt̪i.ʝo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ɡaˈtiʎo/ [ɡaˈt̪i.ʎo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡaˈtiʃo/ [ɡaˈt̪i.ʃo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡaˈtiʒo/ [ɡaˈt̪i.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: ga‧ti‧llo

Etymology 1

From gato (“cat”) +‎ -illo.

Noun

gatillo m (plural gatillos)

trigger (of a gun)
- 2020 October 30, “‘Doralzuela’, la sede del antichavismo que cierra filas con Trump en Miami”, in El País‎:
  “Trump también quería intervenir, pero los opositores venezolanos lo frenaron, no les interesaba. Él ya tenía el dedo en el gatillo”, añade, orgulloso del candidato, Solórzano.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Portuguese: gatilho
→ Tagalog: gatilyo

Verb

gatillo

first-person singular present indicative of gatillar

Further reading

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

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