gentillal

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Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From gentío +‎ -al

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /xentiˈʝal/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /xentiˈʎal/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /xentiˈʃal/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /xentiˈʒal/

  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: gen‧ti‧llal

Noun

gentillal m (plural gentillales)

  1. (colloquial, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, northeastern Costa Rica, Paraguay) throng; crowd

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