granadillo

Spanish

Etymology

From granadilla.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡɾanaˈdiʝo/ [ɡɾa.naˈð̞i.ʝo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ɡɾanaˈdiʎo/ [ɡɾa.naˈð̞i.ʎo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡɾanaˈdiʃo/ [ɡɾa.naˈð̞i.ʃo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡɾanaˈdiʒo/ [ɡɾa.naˈð̞i.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: gra‧na‧di‧llo

Noun

granadillo m (plural granadillos)

Brya ebenus, a Caribbean tree species in the legume family
Dalbergia nigra, a Brazilian tree species in the legume family
Hypericum canariense, a species of St. John's wort native to the Canary Islands

Further reading

“granadillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
“granadillo” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.

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