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Spanish
Etymology
From puerta + -illo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /poɾˈtiʝo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /poɾˈtiʎo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /poɾˈtiʃo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /poɾˈtiʒo/
- Syllabification: por‧ti‧llo
Noun
portillo m (plural portillos)
- gate
2015 September 16, “Una triple crisis europea”, in El País:Decenas de miles de personas se hallan deambulando entre Grecia y los Balcanes a la espera de encontrar el portillo hacia un país que les acepte como asilados.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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