grillete

Spanish

Etymology

From grillo +‎ -ete (diminutive).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾiˈʝete/ [ɡɾiˈʝe.t̪e]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡɾiˈʝete/ [ɡɾiˈʝe.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ɡɾiˈʎete/ [ɡɾiˈʎe.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡɾiˈʃete/ [ɡɾiˈʃe.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡɾiˈʒete/ [ɡɾiˈʒe.t̪e]

• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: gri‧lle‧te

Noun

grillete m (plural grilletes)

1. shackle
2. (in the plural) jougs

Further reading

• “grillete”, 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