fondillo

Spanish

Etymology

From fondo +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /fonˈdiʝo/ [fõn̪ˈd̪i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /fonˈdiʝo/ [fõn̪ˈd̪i.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /fonˈdiʎo/ [fõn̪ˈd̪i.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /fonˈdiʃo/ [fõn̪ˈd̪i.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /fonˈdiʒo/ [fõn̪ˈd̪i.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: fon‧di‧llo

Noun

fondillo m (plural fondillos)

1. seat; crotch (of trousers)
2. bottom; rear end; derriere

Further reading

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