jefecillo

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Spanish

Etymology

From jefe +‎ -cillo.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain) /xefeˈθiʝo/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /xefeˈθiʎo/
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /xefeˈsiʝo/
  • IPA(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /xefeˈsiʎo/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /xefeˈsiʃo/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /xefeˈsiʒo/

 

  • Syllabification: je‧fe‧ci‧llo

Noun

jefecillo m (plural jefecillos)

  1. diminutive of jefe
    • 2015 October 6, “Un gozoso despiporre”, in El País:
      Frente a ese mundo de circunspección y apariencias con el que bregamos a diario, la pista era el lunes un gozoso despiporre de amor compartido y hasta autoerótico, la apoteosis multicolor de tórtolos arrobados, jefecillos sin corbata y chicos gais que aprovechan para besar efusivamente a sus amigas heteros.
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