novillo
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish novillo.
Noun
novillo (plural novillos)
- (bullfighting) A young bull (fought by a novillero).
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin novellus. Doublet of novel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /noˈbiʝo/ [noˈβ̞i.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /noˈbiʎo/ [noˈβ̞i.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /noˈbiʃo/ [noˈβ̞i.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /noˈbiʒo/ [noˈβ̞i.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: no‧vi‧llo
Noun
novillo m (plural novillos)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Portuguese: novilho
Further reading
- “novillo”, 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