gallito

English

Noun

gallito (plural gallitos)

1. Any of either of two species of the Rhinocryptidae family of birds
   1. A crested gallito (Rhinocrypta lanceolata) or
   2. A sandy gallito (Teledromas fuscus).
2. A flowering tree in the legume family Fabaceae, of species (Erythrina fusca).

References

• gallito on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rhinocrypta lanceolata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Teledromas fuscus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Erythrina fusca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Rhinocrypta lanceolata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Teledromas fuscus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Erythrina fusca on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• galliot

Spanish

Etymology

From gallo +‎ -ito.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈʝito/ [ɡaˈʝi.t̪o]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡaˈʝito/ [ɡaˈʝi.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ɡaˈʎito/ [ɡaˈʎi.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡaˈʃito/ [ɡaˈʃi.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡaˈʒito/ [ɡaˈʒi.t̪o]

• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: ga‧lli‧to

Noun

gallito m (plural gallitos)

1. diminutive of gallo, cockerel, little cock
2. (Venezuela, chiefly in the plural) popcorn

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:palomita

Further reading

• “gallito”, 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