conventillo

Spanish

Etymology

From convento +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kombenˈtiʝo/ [kõm.bẽn̪ˈt̪i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kombenˈtiʝo/ [kõm.bẽn̪ˈt̪i.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /kombenˈtiʎo/ [kõm.bẽn̪ˈt̪i.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kombenˈtiʃo/ [kõm.bẽn̪ˈt̪i.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kombenˈtiʒo/ [kõm.bẽn̪ˈt̪i.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

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

• Syllabification: con‧ven‧ti‧llo

Noun

conventillo m (plural conventillos)

1. a type of collective housing

Further reading

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