ciruelillo

Spanish

Etymology

From ciruelo +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θiɾweˈliʝo/ [θi.ɾweˈli.ʝo] (most of Spain)
IPA^(key): /θiɾweˈliʎo/ [θi.ɾweˈli.ʎo] (rural northern Spain)

IPA^(key): /siɾweˈliʝo/ [si.ɾweˈli.ʝo] (most of Latin America)
IPA^(key): /siɾweˈliʎo/ [si.ɾweˈli.ʎo] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

IPA^(key): /siɾweˈliʃo/ [si.ɾweˈli.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /siɾweˈliʒo/ [si.ɾweˈli.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: ci‧rue‧li‧llo

Noun

ciruelillo m (plural ciruelillos)

Chilean firetree

Further reading

“ciruelillo”, 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