pelillo
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peˈliʝo/ [peˈli.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /peˈliʎo/ [peˈli.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /peˈliʃo/ [peˈli.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /peˈliʒo/ [peˈli.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: pe‧li‧llo
Noun
pelillo m (plural pelillos)
- diminutive of pelo
- (figurative, usually in the plural) petty concern, triviality
Derived terms
- echar pelillos a la mar
- pelillos a la mar
Further reading
- “pelillo”, 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