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Spanish
Etymology
From pardo + -illo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /paɾˈdiʝo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /paɾˈdiʎo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /paɾˈdiʃo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /paɾˈdiʒo/
- Syllabification: par‧di‧llo
Noun
pardillo m (plural pardillos, feminine pardilla, feminine plural pardillas)
- linnet (Linaria cannabina)
- (colloquial, derogatory) sucker, gullible person
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Adjective
pardillo (feminine pardilla, masculine plural pardillos, feminine plural pardillas)
- (colloquial, derogatory) ignorant, naive, gullible
- Synonym: ignorante
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