moquillo

Spanish

Etymology

From moco +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /moˈkiʝo/ [moˈki.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /moˈkiʝo/ [moˈki.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /moˈkiʎo/ [moˈki.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /moˈkiʃo/ [moˈki.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /moˈkiʒo/ [moˈki.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

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

• Syllabification: mo‧qui‧llo

Noun

moquillo m (uncountable)

1. distemper (disease of animals)
   • 2016 December 11, “Hola, Balcarce”, in Clarin‎^[1]:

     El que se bancó el moquillo y ahora llegó a la cima.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• codillo y moquillo

 

Further reading

• “moquillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014