pestillo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pestellus, diminutive of Late Latin pestulus, alteration of Latin pessulus. Compare Catalan pestell.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pesˈtiʝo/ [pesˈt̪i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /pesˈtiʝo/ [pesˈt̪i.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /pesˈtiʎo/ [pesˈt̪i.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /pesˈtiʃo/ [pesˈt̪i.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /pesˈtiʒo/ [pesˈt̪i.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

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

• Syllabification: pes‧ti‧llo

Noun

pestillo m (plural pestillos)

1. latch
2. bolt (of a lock)

   Synonym: cerrojo

See also

• cerrojo

Further reading

• “pestillo”, 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