bombillo

Spanish

Etymology

Diminutive of bombo

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bomˈbiʝo/ [bõmˈbi.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /bomˈbiʎo/ [bõmˈbi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /bomˈbiʃo/ [bõmˈbi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /bomˈbiʒo/ [bõmˈbi.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

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: bom‧bi‧llo

Noun

bombillo m (plural bombillos)

(Central America, Colombia, Venezuela) light bulb, light globe
Synonyms: bombilla, ampolleta

Descendants

→ Ye'kwana: womjiiyu

Further reading

“bombillo”, 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
“bombillo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
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