gentillal

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From gentío +‎ -al

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /xentiˈʝal/ [xẽn̪.t̪iˈʝal] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /xentiˈʎal/ [xẽn̪.t̪iˈʎal] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /xentiˈʃal/ [xẽn̪.t̪iˈʃal] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /xentiˈʒal/ [xẽn̪.t̪iˈʒal] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Audio (Costa Rica):(file)
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: gen‧ti‧llal

Noun

gentillal m (plural gentillales)

  1. (colloquial, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, northeastern Costa Rica, Paraguay) throng; crowd

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