galillo
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈliʝo/ [ɡaˈli.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈliʎo/ [ɡaˈli.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈliʃo/ [ɡaˈli.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈliʒo/ [ɡaˈli.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: ga‧li‧llo
Noun
galillo m (plural galillos)
- uvula
- Synonyms: campanilla, úvula
Further reading
- “galillo”, 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