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Spanish
Etymology
Blend of quinto + mellizo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /kintiˈʝiθo/
- IPA(key): (most of Spain) /kintiˈʝiθo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /kintiˈʎiθo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /kintiˈʝiso/
- IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /kintiˈʝiso/
- IPA(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kintiˈʎiso/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kintiˈʃiso/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kintiˈʒiso/
- Rhymes: -iθo
- Rhymes: -iso
- Syllabification: quin‧ti‧lli‧zo
Noun
quintillizo m (plural quintillizos, feminine quintilliza, feminine plural quintillizas)
- quintuplet
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