pillo

See also: Pillo and pilló

Catalan

Verb

pillo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pillar

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pīlum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpil.lo/
• Rhymes: -illo
• Hyphenation: pìl‧lo

Noun

pillo m (plural pilli)

1. tamper (tool)

Further reading

• pillo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• polli

Latin

Alternative forms

• piliō, pillōnium, pīlō

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpil.loː/, [ˈpɪlːʲoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpil.lo/, [ˈpilːo]

Noun

pillō f (genitive pillōnis); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) chaff

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pillō	pillōnēs
genitive	pillōnis	pillōnum
dative	pillōnī	pillōnibus
accusative	pillōnem	pillōnēs
ablative	pillōne	pillōnibus
vocative	pillō	pillōnēs

Synonyms

• (chaff): palea (Classical)

References

• pillo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “pillo”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 797/2

Latvian

Adjective

pillo

1. (dialectal) vocative singular masculine of pillais
2. (dialectal) accusative singular masculine of pillais
3. (dialectal) instrumental singular masculine of pillais
4. (dialectal) genitive plural masculine of pillais
5. (dialectal) vocative singular feminine of pillais
6. (dialectal) accusative singular feminine of pillais
7. (dialectal) instrumental singular feminine of pillais
8. (dialectal) genitive plural feminine of pillais

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiʝo/ [ˈpi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈpiʝo/ [ˈpi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ˈpiʎo/ [ˈpi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈpiʃo/ [ˈpi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈpiʒo/ [ˈpi.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

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

• Syllabification: pi‧llo

Etymology 1

From Latin pīlum.

Adjective

pillo (feminine pilla, masculine plural pillos, feminine plural pillas)

1. clever

   Synonyms: astuto, listo

2. cheeky, impudent

   Synonyms: fresco, sinvergüenza

3. mean, nasty

   Synonym: bajo

Related terms

• pillería

 

Noun

pillo m (plural pillos, feminine pilla, feminine plural pillas)

1. cheeky or naughty person, crook or thief; scoundrel
   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     las prácticas religiosas no son otra cosa que una especie de instrumento correccional contra los pillos.

     religious practices are nothing more than a kind of correctional instrument against crooks.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pillo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pillar

Further reading

• “pillo”, 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