grillo

Probably from Spanish grillo (“cricket”).

• IPA^(key):

grillo m (plural grillos)

1. wedge used for splitting stone

   Synonym: cuña

2. shackle

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “grillo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “grillo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “grillo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Latin gryllus, from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡril.lo/
• Rhymes: -illo
• Hyphenation: grìl‧lo

grillo m (plural grilli)

1. cricket (insect)
   • 1972, L. Chiosso, G. Del Re, G. Ferrio (lyrics and music), “Parole parole”, in Cinquemilaquarantatre, performed by Mina Mazzini:

     La luna ed i grilli / normalmente mi tengono sveglia / mentre io voglio dormire e sognare

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. whim, fancy
3. shackle (U-shaped piece of metal secured with a pin or bolt across the opening)

• grilletto
• grillotalpa

• grillare

• Syllabification: gri‧llo

Inherited from Latin gryllus, from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos).

grillo m (plural grillos)

1. cricket (insect)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

grillo

1. first-person singular present indicative of grillar

• “grillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28