tinterillo

Spanish

Etymology

From tintero +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tinteˈɾiʝo/ [t̪ĩn̪.t̪eˈɾi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /tinteˈɾiʝo/ [t̪ĩn̪.t̪eˈɾi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /tinteˈɾiʎo/ [t̪ĩn̪.t̪eˈɾi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tinteˈɾiʃo/ [t̪ĩn̪.t̪eˈɾi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tinteˈɾiʒo/ [t̪ĩn̪.t̪eˈɾi.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

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

• Syllabification: tin‧te‧ri‧llo

Noun

tinterillo m (plural tinterillos)

1. (derogatory) penpusher; pencil pusher

   Synonyms: cagatintas, chupatintas

   Coordinate term: oficinista

2. (dialectal, Latin America) shyster (lawyer), pettyfogger

Further reading

• “tinterillo”, 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