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Spanish
Etymology
From jicote (“bumblebee”) + -illo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /xikoˈtiʝo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /xikoˈtiʎo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /xikoˈtiʃo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /xikoˈtiʒo/
- Syllabification: ji‧co‧ti‧llo
Noun
jicotillo m (plural jicotillos)
- (colloquial, Mexico) diminutive of jicote; a small bumblebee
References
- Carlos Montemayor et al. (2009) Diccionario del náhuatl en el español de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, page 78