pajecillo

Spanish

Etymology

From paje +‎ -cillo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paxeˈθiʝo/ [pa.xeˈθi.ʝo] (most of Spain)
IPA^(key): /paxeˈθiʎo/ [pa.xeˈθi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain)

IPA^(key): /paxeˈsiʝo/ [pa.xeˈsi.ʝo] (most of Latin America)
IPA^(key): /paxeˈsiʎo/ [pa.xeˈsi.ʎo] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

IPA^(key): /paxeˈsiʃo/ [pa.xeˈsi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /paxeˈsiʒo/ [pa.xeˈsi.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: pa‧je‧ci‧llo

Noun

pajecillo m (plural pajecillos)

diminutive of paje

Further reading

“pajecillo”, 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