pitillo

Spanish

Etymology

From pito ‎ -illo (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /piˈtiʝo/ [piˈt̪i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /piˈtiʝo/ [piˈt̪i.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /piˈtiʎo/ [piˈt̪i.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /piˈtiʃo/ [piˈt̪i.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /piˈtiʒo/ [piˈt̪i.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

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

• Syllabification: pi‧ti‧llo

Noun

pitillo m (plural pitillos)

1. (Colombia, Venezuela) drinking straw

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pajita

2. (colloquial, Spain) ciggy, fag, cig (cigarette)
3. (Spain) slim-fit, skinny (pants)

Derived terms

• pantalón de pitillo
• pitillera

 

Further reading

• “pitillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10