compasillo

Spanish

Etymology

compás +‎ -illo

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kompaˈsiʝo/ [kõm.paˈsi.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /kompaˈsiʎo/ [kõm.paˈsi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /kompaˈsiʃo/ [kõm.paˈsi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /kompaˈsiʒo/ [kõm.paˈsi.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: com‧pa‧si‧llo

Noun

compasillo m (plural compasillos)

(music) A measure in common time.

Further reading

“compasillo”, 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