quillo

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Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkiʝo/ (most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /ˈkiʎo/ (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /ˈkiʃo/ (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /ˈkiʒo/ (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: qui‧llo

Contraction

quillo

(colloquial, Andalusia, Cádiz) contraction of chiquillo (a term of endearment for a young person); often used as an interjection

Derived terms

illo

Further reading

“quillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 2024 December 10

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