cervatillo

Spanish

Etymology

From cervato +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeɾbaˈtiʝo/ [θeɾ.β̞aˈt̪i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /θeɾbaˈtiʝo/ [θeɾ.β̞aˈt̪i.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /θeɾbaˈtiʎo/ [θeɾ.β̞aˈt̪i.ʎo]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /seɾbaˈtiʝo/ [seɾ.β̞aˈt̪i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /seɾbaˈtiʝo/ [seɾ.β̞aˈt̪i.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /seɾbaˈtiʎo/ [seɾ.β̞aˈt̪i.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /seɾbaˈtiʃo/ [seɾ.β̞aˈt̪i.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /seɾbaˈtiʒo/ [seɾ.β̞aˈt̪i.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: cer‧va‧ti‧llo

Noun

cervatillo m (plural cervatillos)

1. fawn (young deer)

Related terms

• ciervo

 

Further reading

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