toquecillo

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Spanish

Etymology

From toque +‎ -cillo.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain) /tokeˈθiʝo/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /tokeˈθiʎo/
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /tokeˈsiʝo/
  • IPA(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /tokeˈsiʎo/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tokeˈsiʃo/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tokeˈsiʒo/

 

  • Syllabification: to‧que‧ci‧llo

Noun

toquecillo m (plural toquecillos)

  1. diminutive of toque
    • 2015 September 19, “Amor a destiempo”, in El País:
      Lo extraordinario de las tertulias transversales es que en ellas abundan las mujeres, por entender los responsables de los medios, imagino, que somos expertas en darle a todo su toquecillo humano y que nadie se va a extrañar si mezclamos los asuntos de gran calado político con cuestiones entrañables, como por ejemplo, quién le prepara la maleta al presidente del Gobierno cuando viaja.
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