morrillo

Spanish

Etymology

From morro +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /moˈriʝo/ [moˈri.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /moˈriʎo/ [moˈri.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /moˈriʃo/ [moˈri.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /moˈriʒo/ [moˈri.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: mo‧rri‧llo

Noun

morrillo m (plural morrillos)

back of the neck
the fleshy back part of the neck of cattle or tuna
- 1872, José María de Pereda, Los hombres de pro:
  Juana la sintió en su alma, como un toro siente en el morrillo el primer par de banderillas
  Juana felt it in her soul, like a bull feels the banderilla in the back of its neck

Further reading

“morrillo”, 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