panecillo

Spanish

Etymology

From pan +‎ -cillo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paneˈθiʝo/ [pa.neˈθi.ʝo] (most of Spain)
IPA^(key): /paneˈθiʎo/ [pa.neˈθi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain)

IPA^(key): /paneˈsiʝo/ [pa.neˈsi.ʝo] (most of Latin America)
IPA^(key): /paneˈsiʎo/ [pa.neˈsi.ʎo] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

IPA^(key): /paneˈsiʃo/ [pa.neˈsi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /paneˈsiʒo/ [pa.neˈsi.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‧ne‧ci‧llo

Noun

panecillo m (plural panecillos)

diminutive of pan

Further reading

“panecillo”, 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