villazgo

Spanish

Etymology

From villa +‎ -azgo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /biˈʝaθɡo/ [biˈʝaθ̬.ɣ̞o]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /biˈʝaθɡo/ [biˈʝaθ̬.ɣ̞o]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /biˈʎaθɡo/ [biˈʎaθ̬.ɣ̞o]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /biˈʝasɡo/ [biˈʝaz.ɣ̞o]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /biˈʝasɡo/ [biˈʝaz.ɣ̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /biˈʎasɡo/ [biˈʎaz.ɣ̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /biˈʃasɡo/ [biˈʃaz.ɣ̞o]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /biˈʒasɡo/ [biˈʒaz.ɣ̞o]

• Rhymes: -aθɡo
• Rhymes: -asɡo
• Syllabification: vi‧llaz‧go

Noun

villazgo m (plural villazgos)

1. city or town status

Further reading

• “villazgo”, 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