chillo
See also: chilló
Classical Nahuatl
Noun
chillo (inanimate)
- obsolete spelling of chīlloh
Neapolitan
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *eccum illum. Compare Italian quello.
Pronunciation
- (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈkillə], (in sandhi) [-u]
Adjective
chillo (feminine singular chella, masculine plural chille, feminine plural chelle)
- (demonstrative) that
Coordinate terms
- chisto (“this”)
References
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1587: “questo e non quello?” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiʝo/ [ˈt͡ʃi.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiʎo/ [ˈt͡ʃi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiʃo/ [ˈt͡ʃi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiʒo/ [ˈt͡ʃi.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: chi‧llo
Etymology 1
Deverbal from chillar.
Noun
chillo m (plural chillos)
Etymology 2
Verb
chillo
- first-person singular present indicative of chillar
Further reading
- “chillo”, 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