visillo

Spanish

Etymology

From viso +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /biˈsiʝo/ [biˈsi.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /biˈsiʎo/ [biˈsi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /biˈsiʃo/ [biˈsi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /biˈsiʒo/ [biˈsi.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: vi‧si‧llo

Noun

visillo m (plural visillos)

net curtain

Further reading

“visillo”, 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