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Spanish
Etymology
From tintero + -illo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /tinteˈɾiʝo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /tinteˈɾiʎo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tinteˈɾiʃo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tinteˈɾiʒo/
- Syllabification: tin‧te‧ri‧llo
Noun
tinterillo m (plural tinterillos)
- (derogatory) penpusher; pencil pusher
- Synonyms: cagatintas, chupatintas
- Coordinate term: oficinista
- (dialectal, Latin America) shyster (lawyer), pettyfogger
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