cuartelillo

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Spanish

Etymology

From cuartel +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kwaɾteˈliʝo/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kwaɾteˈliʎo/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kwaɾteˈliʃo/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kwaɾteˈliʒo/

 

  • Syllabification: cuar‧te‧li‧llo

Noun

cuartelillo m (plural cuartelillos)

  1. diminutive of cuartel
    • 2015 October 1, ““En el circo, como en la política, el secreto es el equilibrio””, in El País:
      Más de una vez, actuando en pueblos, la Guardia Civil nos llevó al cuartelillo: no entendían lo que hacíamos, ni aunque les mencionáramos a Bread and Puppet.
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