cadillo

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Galician

Etymology

Unclear. Attested since the 15th century; perhaps from Latin *catenicullum, diminutive of catēna (chain).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

cadillo m (plural cadillos)

  1. thread used to tie the umbilical cord
  2. (in the plural, weaving) group of twelve or twenty-four threads that are warped
  3. (archaic) skein
    • 1474, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 67:
      Iten, preçaron duas toallas e hua azarella e hua sauaa e dous cadillos e hun saquo e hua manta vella e hua azarella em oytenta maravedis
      Item, the apprised two towels and an azarella and a shit and two skeins and a sack and an old blanket and a azarella in eighty maravedis
  4. umbilical cord

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. cadilleira.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin catellus.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kaˈdiʝo/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /kaˈdiʎo/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaˈdiʃo/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaˈdiʒo/

 

  • Syllabification: ca‧di‧llo

Noun

cadillo m (plural cadillos)

  1. any of certain species of plants
    1. greater burdock (Arctium lappa)
    2. beggarticks (Bidens pilosa)
    3. carrot bur parsley (Caucalis platycarpos)
    4. wild teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)
    5. catchweed (Galium aparine)
    6. corn buttercup (Ranunculus arvensis)
    7. southern sandbur (Cenchrus echinatus)
    8. puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris)
    9. broadleaf false carrot (Turgenia latifolia)
  2. wart

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