cervatillo
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seɾbaˈtiʝo/ [seɾ.β̞aˈt̪i.ʝo] (most of Latin America)
- IPA(key): /seɾbaˈtiʎo/ [seɾ.β̞aˈt̪i.ʎo] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- 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‧va‧ti‧llo
Noun
cervatillo m (plural cervatillos)
- fawn (young deer)
Related terms
Further reading
- “cervatillo”, 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