perrillo
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peˈriʝo/ [peˈri.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /peˈriʎo/ [peˈri.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /peˈriʃo/ [peˈri.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /peˈriʒo/ [peˈri.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‧rri‧llo
Noun
perrillo m (plural perrillos)
- diminutive of perro
- 2015 November 2, “Madonna, Madoncita, Madonzota”, in El País[1]:
- Pero al irme al otro sillón lloriqueé instintivamente imitando a un perrillo y noté que le hacía gracia mi llanto.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “perrillo”, 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