centelleo

See also: centelleó

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θenteˈʝeo/ [θẽn̪.t̪eˈʝe.o]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /θenteˈʝeo/ [θẽn̪.t̪eˈʝe.o]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /θenteˈʎeo/ [θẽn̪.t̪eˈʎe.o]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /senteˈʝeo/ [sẽn̪.t̪eˈʝe.o]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /senteˈʝeo/ [sẽn̪.t̪eˈʝe.o]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /senteˈʎeo/ [sẽn̪.t̪eˈʎe.o]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /senteˈʃeo/ [sẽn̪.t̪eˈʃe.o]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /senteˈʒeo/ [sẽn̪.t̪eˈʒe.o]

• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: cen‧te‧lle‧o

Etymology 1

Deverbal from centellear.

Noun

centelleo m (plural centelleos)

1. shimmering; scintillation; sparkling

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

centelleo

1. first-person singular present indicative of centellear

Further reading

• “centelleo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10