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Spanish
Etymology
From astilla (“splinter”) + -oso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /astiˈʝoso/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /astiˈʎoso/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /astiˈʃoso/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /astiˈʒoso/
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: as‧ti‧llo‧so
Adjective
astilloso (feminine astillosa, masculine plural astillosos, feminine plural astillosas)
- splintery, easily splintered, subject to breaking into sharp slender pieces
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