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Spanish
Etymology
From tonto + -illo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /tonˈtiʝo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /tonˈtiʎo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tonˈtiʃo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tonˈtiʒo/
- Syllabification: ton‧ti‧llo
Adjective
tontillo (feminine tontilla, masculine plural tontillos, feminine plural tontillas)
- diminutive of tonto
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