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Spanish
Etymology
From carbón + -cillo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /kaɾbonˈθiʝo/
- IPA(key): (most of Spain) /kaɾbonˈθiʝo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /kaɾbonˈθiʎo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /kaɾbonˈsiʝo/
- IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /kaɾbonˈsiʝo/
- IPA(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kaɾbonˈsiʎo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaɾbonˈsiʃo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaɾbonˈsiʒo/
- Syllabification: car‧bon‧ci‧llo
Noun
carboncillo m (plural carboncillos)
- charcoal (drawing implement)
2015 September 24, “Aprender a hacer un cohete de agua”, in El País:Cuentan los profesores de la escuela de Arquitectura de Interiores que casi gastaron en un día el carboncillo y la lejía para hacer dibujo artístico en cinco, o el alginato —el material de los moldes de dientes— y la cal para hacer esculturas de las manos de los participantes.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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