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Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish *monago (“monk”, preliterary; cf. Old Leonese monago) + -illo (diminutive ending).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /monaˈɡiʝo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /monaˈɡiʎo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /monaˈɡiʃo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /monaˈɡiʒo/
- Syllabification: mo‧na‧gui‧llo
Noun
monaguillo m (plural monaguillos)
- Alternative form of monacillo (“altar boy, acolyte”)
- Synonyms: acólito, monago
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