perrillo

Spanish

Etymology

From perro +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /peˈriʝo/ [peˈri.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /peˈriʝo/ [peˈri.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /peˈriʎo/ [peˈri.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /peˈriʃo/ [peˈri.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /peˈriʒo/ [peˈri.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: pe‧rri‧llo

Noun

perrillo m (plural perrillos)

1. Diminutive of perro
   • 2015 November 2, “Madonna, Madoncita, Madonzota”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Pero al irme al otro sillón lloriqueé instintivamente imitando a un perrillo y noté que le hacía gracia mi llanto.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

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