teloncillo

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Spanish

Etymology

From telón +‎ -cillo.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain) /telonˈθiʝo/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /telonˈθiʎo/
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /telonˈsiʝo/
  • IPA(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /telonˈsiʎo/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /telonˈsiʃo/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /telonˈsiʒo/

 

  • Syllabification: te‧lon‧ci‧llo

Noun

teloncillo m (plural teloncillos)

  1. diminutive of telón
    • 2015 July 30, “‘El share y la separata’ (4): ‘Sentirse una cucaracha’”, in El País:
      Hace una hora que nieva, y todo lo que veo a través de la ventana es una cortina de copos que imprime al exterior una apariencia de teloncillo de macramé.
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