limoncillo
English
Noun
limoncillo (uncountable)
- The plant Pectis angustifolia.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /limonˈsiʝo/ [li.mõnˈsi.ʝo] (most of Latin America)
- IPA(key): /limonˈsiʎo/ [li.mõnˈsi.ʎo] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- 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: li‧mon‧ci‧llo
Noun
limoncillo m (plural limoncillos)
- (Dominican Republic) mamoncillo
- Synonym: quenepa
Further reading
- “limoncillo”, 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