bolsillo
Spanish
Etymology
Diminutive, from bolso + -illo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bolˈsiʝo/ [bolˈsi.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /bolˈsiʎo/ [bolˈsi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /bolˈsiʃo/ [bolˈsi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /bolˈsiʒo/ [bolˈsi.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
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- Rhymes: -iʝo (most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -iʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -iʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: bol‧si‧llo
Noun
bolsillo m (plural bolsillos)
- pocket
- ¡Sácame del bolsillo!
- Take me out of your pocket! [Spanish cellphone ringtone]
- 1991, J. R. R. Tolkien, translated by Manuel Figueroa, El Hobbit:
- —¿Qué tengo en el bolsillo? —dijo, en voz alta.
- "What do I have in my pocket?" he said, aloud.
- pocketbook (personal resources)
Derived terms
- aflojar el bolsillo
- bolsillo de parche
- de bolsillo
- encendedor de bolsillo
- libro de bolsillo
- pañuelo de bolsillo
- protector de bolsillo
- rascarse el bolsillo
- reloj de bolsillo
- teatro de bolsillo
Related terms
Further reading
- “bolsillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024