pellizco

See also: pellizcó

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /peˈʝiθko/ [peˈʝiθ.ko]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /peˈʝiθko/ [peˈʝiθ.ko]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /peˈʎiθko/ [peˈʎiθ.ko]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /peˈʝisko/ [peˈʝis.ko]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /peˈʝisko/ [peˈʝis.ko]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /peˈʎisko/ [peˈʎis.ko]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /peˈʃisko/ [peˈʃis.ko]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /peˈʒisko/ [peˈʒis.ko]

• Rhymes: -iθko
• Rhymes: -isko
• Syllabification: pe‧lliz‧co

Etymology 1

Deverbal from pellizcar.

Noun

pellizco m (plural pellizcos)

1. pinch (act of pinching)
2. pinch (small amount of e.g. seasoning)

Etymology 2

Verb

pellizco

1. first-person singular present indicative of pellizcar

See also

• repizco
• torniscón

Further reading

• “pellizco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014