pinillo

Spanish

Etymology

From pino +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /piˈniʝo/ [piˈni.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /piˈniʝo/ [piˈni.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /piˈniʎo/ [piˈni.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /piˈniʃo/ [piˈni.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /piˈniʒo/ [piˈni.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

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

• Syllabification: pi‧ni‧llo

Noun

pinillo m (plural pinillos)

1. diminutive of pino
2. any of a number of relatively small plants

Further reading

• “pinillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28