espinillo

Spanish

Etymology

From espino ‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /espiˈniʝo/ [es.piˈni.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /espiˈniʝo/ [es.piˈni.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /espiˈniʎo/ [es.piˈni.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /espiˈniʃo/ [es.piˈni.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /espiˈniʒo/ [es.piˈni.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo
• Rhymes: -iʎo
• Rhymes: -iʃo
• Rhymes: -iʒo

• Syllabification: es‧pi‧ni‧llo

Noun

espinillo m (plural espinillos)

1. gorse

Further reading

• “espinillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28