grupillo

Spanish

Etymology

From grupo +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ɡɾuˈpiʝo/ [ɡɾuˈpi.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /ɡɾuˈpiʎo/ [ɡɾuˈpi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /ɡɾuˈpiʃo/ [ɡɾuˈpi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /ɡɾuˈpiʒo/ [ɡɾuˈpi.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

  • Syllabification: gru‧pi‧llo

Noun

grupillo m (plural grupillos)

  1. diminutive of grupo
    • 2020 August 11, “Isla de Annobón la patria chica de Tutu Alicante”, in Guinea Ecuatorial Press[1], archived from the original on 25 April 2021:
      Un grupillo en todo caso exiguo, marginal y desmerecido sin credibilidad ni prestigio alguno para nadie a fecha del año 2020.
      A small group that is in any case meager, marginal, unworthy, and without credibility or any prestige of any kind as of 2020.