jamoncillo

Spanish

Etymology

From jamón +‎ -cillo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /xamonˈθiʝo/ [xa.mõn̟ˈθi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /xamonˈθiʝo/ [xa.mõn̟ˈθi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /xamonˈθiʎo/ [xa.mõn̟ˈθi.ʎo]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /xamonˈsiʝo/ [xa.mõnˈsi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /xamonˈsiʝo/ [xa.mõnˈsi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /xamonˈsiʎo/ [xa.mõnˈsi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /xamonˈsiʃo/ [xa.mõnˈsi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /xamonˈsiʒo/ [xa.mõnˈsi.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• (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: ja‧mon‧ci‧llo

Noun

jamoncillo m (plural jamoncillos)

1. diminutive of jamón
2. a type of small teacake

Further reading

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