huesecillo

Spanish

Etymology

From hueso +‎ -cillo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /w̝eseˈθiʝo/ [w̝e.seˈθi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /w̝eseˈθiʝo/ [w̝e.seˈθi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /w̝eseˈθiʎo/ [w̝e.seˈθi.ʎo]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /w̝eseˈsiʝo/ [w̝e.seˈsi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /w̝eseˈsiʝo/ [w̝e.seˈsi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Philippines) /w̝eseˈsiʎo/ [w̝e.seˈsi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /w̝eseˈsiʃo/ [w̝e.seˈsi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /w̝eseˈsiʒo/ [w̝e.seˈsi.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

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

• Syllabification: hue‧se‧ci‧llo

Noun

huesecillo m (plural huesecillos)

1. diminutive of hueso

   Synonyms: huesito, huesezuelo

   Antonym: huesarrón

   • 2015 October 18, “Ver sin mirar”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Clic, los huesecillos de los batracios de las vitrinas, clic, la jirafa, clic, el diplodocus.

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