pecadillo

Spanish

Etymology

From pecado (“sin”) +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pekaˈdiʝo/ [pe.kaˈð̞i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /pekaˈdiʝo/ [pe.kaˈð̞i.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /pekaˈdiʎo/ [pe.kaˈð̞i.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /pekaˈdiʃo/ [pe.kaˈð̞i.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /pekaˈdiʒo/ [pe.kaˈð̞i.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝo
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎo
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃo
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒo

• Syllabification: pe‧ca‧di‧llo

Noun

pecadillo m (plural pecadillos)

1. diminutive of pecado; a peccadillo, minor sin

Descendants

• → English: peccadillo
• → French: peccadille