palillo

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Galician

Palillos

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish palillo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

palillo m (plural palillos)

bobbin
Synonym: bilro
toothpick
Synonym: escarvadentes
chopstick (single eating utensil)

Derived terms

References

Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “palillo”, 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), “palillo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “palillo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

palillo

first-person singular present indicative of palillar

Spanish

Etymology

From palo +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /paˈliʝo/
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /paˈliʎo/
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /paˈliʃo/
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /paˈliʒo/

Audio (Venezuela): (file)

Rhymes: -iʝo
Rhymes: -iʎo
Rhymes: -iʃo
Rhymes: -iʒo

Syllabification: pa‧li‧llo

Noun

palillo m (plural palillos)

toothpick
Synonyms: mondadientes, escarbadientes
chopstick (single eating utensil)
Synonyms: palito chino, palillo chino
(music) drumstick
Synonyms: baqueta, palote
diminutive of palo: small stick
very thin person
(Uruguay, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Andalusia) clothes peg, clothespin
Synonyms: pinza, gancho, palito, prensa, broche, agarrador, perro, perrito, perilllo, horquilla, prensaropa, alfiler, traba
(Bolivia, Peru, Chile) knitting needle

Derived terms

Further reading

“palillo”, 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

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