frailecillo

Spanish

Etymology

From fraile +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /fɾaileˈθiʝo/ [fɾai̯.leˈθi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /fɾaileˈθiʝo/ [fɾai̯.leˈθi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /fɾaileˈθiʎo/ [fɾai̯.leˈθi.ʎo]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /fɾaileˈsiʝo/ [fɾai̯.leˈsi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /fɾaileˈsiʝo/ [fɾai̯.leˈsi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /fɾaileˈsiʎo/ [fɾai̯.leˈsi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /fɾaileˈsiʃo/ [fɾai̯.leˈsi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /fɾaileˈsiʒo/ [fɾai̯.leˈsi.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

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

• Syllabification: frai‧le‧ci‧llo

Noun

frailecillo m (plural frailecillos)

1. puffin (seabird with a coloured beak)

Further reading

• “frailecillo”, 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