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Spanish
Etymology
From calzón + -illo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /kalθonˈθiʝo/
- IPA(key): (most of Spain) /kalθonˈθiʝo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /kalθonˈθiʎo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /kalsonˈsiʝo/
- IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /kalsonˈsiʝo/
- IPA(key): (Andes Mountains) /kalsonˈsiʎo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kalsonˈsiʃo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kalsonˈsiʒo/
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝo
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎo
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃo
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒo
- Syllabification: cal‧zon‧ci‧llo
Noun
calzoncillo m (plural calzoncillos)
- (usually in the plural) underpants, briefs, pants (for males)
- Synonyms: gayumbos, calzones
2019 November 20, Daniel Mediavilla, “El profesor de Oxford que se queda en calzoncillos para enseñar matemáticas”, in El País:En su intento por popularizar la ciencia, no duda en quedarse en calzoncillos, utilizando el striptease como una metáfora de su labor profundizando en el significado de ecuaciones como la de Navier Stokes, desvelándolas capa a capa, para hacer asequible algo que puede resultar en principio esotérico.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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