alfilerillo

English

Etymology

From Spanish alfilerillo.

Noun

alfilerillo

1. Alternative form of alfilaria
2. Machaonia woodburyana, a plant in the family Rubiaceae.

Spanish

Etymology

From alfiler +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /alfileˈɾiʝo/ [al.fi.leˈɾi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /alfileˈɾiʝo/ [al.fi.leˈɾi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /alfileˈɾiʎo/ [al.fi.leˈɾi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /alfileˈɾiʃo/ [al.fi.leˈɾi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /alfileˈɾiʒo/ [al.fi.leˈɾi.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: al‧fi‧le‧ri‧llo

Noun

alfilerillo m (plural alfilerillos)

1. redstem filaree

Descendants

• → English: alfilerillo

Further reading

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