plieguecillo

Spanish

Etymology

From pliegue +‎ -cillo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /pljeɡeˈθiʝo/ [plje.ɣ̞eˈθi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /pljeɡeˈθiʝo/ [plje.ɣ̞eˈθi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /pljeɡeˈθiʎo/ [plje.ɣ̞eˈθi.ʎo]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /pljeɡeˈsiʝo/ [plje.ɣ̞eˈsi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /pljeɡeˈsiʝo/ [plje.ɣ̞eˈsi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /pljeɡeˈsiʎo/ [plje.ɣ̞eˈsi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /pljeɡeˈsiʃo/ [plje.ɣ̞eˈsi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /pljeɡeˈsiʒo/ [plje.ɣ̞eˈsi.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: plie‧gue‧ci‧llo

Noun

plieguecillo m (plural plieguecillos)

1. Diminutive of pliegue

Further reading

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