monaguillo

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish *monago (“monk”, preliterary; cf. Old Leonese monago) +‎ -illo (diminutive ending).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /monaˈɡiʝo/ [mo.naˈɣ̞i.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /monaˈɡiʎo/ [mo.naˈɣ̞i.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /monaˈɡiʃo/ [mo.naˈɣ̞i.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /monaˈɡiʒo/ [mo.naˈɣ̞i.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

  • Syllabification: mo‧na‧gui‧llo

Noun

monaguillo m (plural monaguillos)

  1. alternative form of monacillo (“altar boy, acolyte”)
    Synonyms: acólito, monago
    • 1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter VII, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 101:
      —Hay que ser un poco monaguillo, Carlitos. Me he camelado a mi primo para que se ponga en mi lugar hoy.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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