leoncillo

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Spanish

Etymology

From león +‎ -cillo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /leonˈθiʝo/ (most of Spain)
IPA^(key): /leonˈθiʎo/ (rural northern Spain)

IPA^(key): /leonˈsiʝo/ (most of Latin America)
IPA^(key): /leonˈsiʎo/ (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

IPA^(key): /leonˈsiʃo/ (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /leonˈsiʒo/ (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -iʝo (most of Spain and Latin America)
Rhymes: -iʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
Rhymes: -iʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Syllabification: le‧on‧ci‧llo

Noun

leoncillo m (plural leoncillos)

diminutive of león
(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (Americas, dialectal) kinkajou

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