emoticono

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English emoticon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /emotiˈkono/ [e.mo.t̪iˈko.no]
• Rhymes: -ono
• Syllabification: e‧mo‧ti‧co‧no

Noun

emoticono m (plural emoticonos)

1. emoticon

Alternative forms

• emoticón

Further reading

• “emoticono”, 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