empleadillo

Spanish

Etymology

From empleado +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /empleaˈdiʝo/ [ẽm.ple.aˈð̞i.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /empleaˈdiʎo/ [ẽm.ple.aˈð̞i.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /empleaˈdiʃo/ [ẽm.ple.aˈð̞i.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /empleaˈdiʒo/ [ẽm.ple.aˈð̞i.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

  • Syllabification: em‧ple‧a‧di‧llo

Noun

empleadillo m (plural empleadillos)

  1. diminutive of empleado