latiguillo

Spanish

A conection pipe

A patch cable

Etymology

From látigo (“whip”) +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /latiˈɡiʝo/ [la.t̪iˈɣ̞i.ʝo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /latiˈɡiʎo/ [la.t̪iˈɣ̞i.ʎo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /latiˈɡiʃo/ [la.t̪iˈɣ̞i.ʃo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /latiˈɡiʒo/ [la.t̪iˈɣ̞i.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: la‧ti‧gui‧llo

Noun

latiguillo m (plural latiguillos)

small tube, conection pipe
small cable, patch cable, patch cord, patch lead
small whip
stock phrase
catchphrase
cliché
- 1999 October 12, “La costosa dictablanda de Pujol”, in El País‎:
  En estas postrimerías del milenio, la máxima se ha convertido en latiguillo; y, para los feligreses del pujolismo, en dogma.
  At the end of the millennium, the maxim has become a cliché; and, for the parishioners of Pujolism, into dogma.
(theater) hamming, hamming it up

See also

muletilla

Further reading

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

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