tordillo

Spanish

Alternative forms

tordilio

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tordylion.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /toɾˈdiʝo/ [t̪oɾˈð̞i.ʝo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /toɾˈdiʎo/ [t̪oɾˈð̞i.ʎo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /toɾˈdiʃo/ [t̪oɾˈð̞i.ʃo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /toɾˈdiʒo/ [t̪oɾˈð̞i.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: tor‧di‧llo

Noun

tordillo m (plural tordillos)

hartwort (Tordylium maximum)

Further reading

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

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