cerquillo

Spanish

Etymology

From cerco +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θeɾˈkiʝo/ [θeɾˈki.ʝo] (most of Spain)
IPA^(key): /θeɾˈkiʎo/ [θeɾˈki.ʎo] (rural northern Spain)

IPA^(key): /seɾˈkiʝo/ [seɾˈki.ʝo] (most of Latin America)
IPA^(key): /seɾˈkiʎo/ [seɾˈki.ʎo] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

IPA^(key): /seɾˈkiʃo/ [seɾˈki.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /seɾˈkiʒo/ [seɾˈki.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: cer‧qui‧llo

Noun

cerquillo m (plural cerquillos)

fringe

Further reading

“cerquillo”, 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