tobillo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish touiello, from Vulgar Latin *tūbellum, a diminutive of Latin tūber (“hump, bump, swelling, protuberance”).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /toˈbiʝo/ [t̪oˈβ̞i.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /toˈbiʎo/ [t̪oˈβ̞i.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /toˈbiʃo/ [t̪oˈβ̞i.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /toˈbiʒo/ [t̪oˈβ̞i.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
 

  • Syllabification: to‧bi‧llo

Noun

tobillo m (plural tobillos)

  1. ankle
    • 1980, “Chicas De Colegio”, performed by Mamá:
      Desde mi ventana / yo las veo pasear / sus pequeños cuerpos / sus tobillos de cristal
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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