frailecillo

Spanish

Etymology

From fraile +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɾaileˈθiʝo/ [fɾai̯.leˈθi.ʝo] (most of Spain)
IPA^(key): /fɾaileˈθiʎo/ [fɾai̯.leˈθi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain)

IPA^(key): /fɾaileˈsiʝo/ [fɾai̯.leˈsi.ʝo] (most of Latin America)
IPA^(key): /fɾaileˈsiʎo/ [fɾai̯.leˈsi.ʎo] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

IPA^(key): /fɾaileˈsiʃo/ [fɾai̯.leˈsi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /fɾaileˈsiʒo/ [fɾai̯.leˈsi.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: frai‧le‧ci‧llo

Noun

frailecillo m (plural frailecillos)

puffin (seabird with a coloured beak)

Further reading

“frailecillo”, 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