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gentillal

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Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From gentío +‎ -al

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /xentiˈʝal/ [xẽn̪.t̪iˈʝal]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /xentiˈʎal/ [xẽn̪.t̪iˈʎal]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /xentiˈʃal/ [xẽn̪.t̪iˈʃal]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /xentiˈʒal/ [xẽn̪.t̪iˈʒal]

  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: gen‧ti‧llal

Noun

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gentillal m (plural gentillales)

  1. (colloquial, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, northeastern Costa Rica, Paraguay) throng; crowd

Further reading

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