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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish touiello, from Vulgar Latin *tūbellum, a diminutive of Latin tūber (“hump, bump, swelling, protuberance”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /toˈbiʝo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /toˈbiʎo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /toˈbiʃo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /toˈbiʒo/
- Syllabification: to‧bi‧llo
Noun
tobillo m (plural tobillos)
- ankle
1980, “Chicas De Colegio”, performed by Mamá:Desde mi ventana / yo las veo pasear / sus pequeños cuerpos / sus tobillos de cristal- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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