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Galician
Etymology
Probably from Spanish grillo (“cricket”).
Pronunciation
Noun
grillo m (plural grillos)
- wedge used for splitting stone
- Synonym: cuña
- shackle
References
Italian
Etymology
From Latin gryllus, from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡril.lo/
- Rhymes: -illo
- Hyphenation: grìl‧lo
Noun
grillo m (plural grilli)
- cricket (insect)
- whim, fancy
- shackle (U-shaped piece of metal secured with a pin or bolt across the opening)
Derived terms
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈɡɾiʝo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈɡɾiʎo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈɡɾiʃo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈɡɾiʒo/
- (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
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin gryllus, from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos).
Noun
grillo m (plural grillos)
- cricket (insect)
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
grillo
- first-person singular present indicative of grillar
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