pepillo

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /peˈpiʝo/ [peˈpi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /peˈpiʝo/ [peˈpi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /peˈpiʎo/ [peˈpi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /peˈpiʃo/ [peˈpi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /peˈpiʒo/ [peˈpi.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

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

• Syllabification: pe‧pi‧llo

Noun

pepillo m (plural pepillos)

1. (Cuba, Dominican Republic) youth, teen
2. (Cuba) someone fashionable

Adjective

pepillo m or f (masculine and feminine plural pepillos)

1. (Cuba, Dominican Republic) to be young
2. (Cuba) to be fashionable

Further reading

• “pepillo” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010