canalillo

Spanish

Etymology

From canal +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kanaˈliʝo/ [ka.naˈli.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kanaˈliʝo/ [ka.naˈli.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /kanaˈliʎo/ [ka.naˈli.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kanaˈliʃo/ [ka.naˈli.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kanaˈliʒo/ [ka.naˈli.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo
• Rhymes: -iʎo
• Rhymes: -iʃo
• Rhymes: -iʒo

• Syllabification: ca‧na‧li‧llo

Noun

canalillo m (plural canalillos)

1. diminutive of canal
2. (colloquial) cleavage (central cleft between a woman breasts)

Further reading

• “canalillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28