dominguillo

Spanish

Etymology

From domingo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dominˈɡiʝo/ [d̪o.mĩŋˈɡi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /dominˈɡiʝo/ [d̪o.mĩŋˈɡi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /dominˈɡiʎo/ [d̪o.mĩŋˈɡi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /dominˈɡiʃo/ [d̪o.mĩŋˈɡi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /dominˈɡiʒo/ [d̪o.mĩŋˈɡi.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: do‧min‧gui‧llo

Noun

dominguillo m (plural dominguillos)

1. roly-poly (toy that rights itself when pushed over)

   Synonym: tentetieso

Further reading

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