ajillo

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin ālium

Latin allium

Spanish ajo

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin -ellus

Old Spanish -iello

Spanish -illo

Spanish ajillo

From ajo + -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aˈxiʝo/ [aˈxi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /aˈxiʝo/ [aˈxi.ʝo] (Spain, most of Latin America, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /aˈxiʎo/ [aˈxi.ʎo] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /aˈxiʃo/ [aˈxi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /aˈxiʒo/ [aˈxi.ʒo] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /aˈxio/ [aˈxi.o] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo (Spain, most of Latin America, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -iʎo (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒo (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• Rhymes: -io (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: a‧ji‧llo

Noun

ajillo m (uncountable)

1. diminutive of ajo
2. A simple sauce with sautéd garlic as the chief ingredient.

   gambas al ajillo ― shrimp with garlic sauce

Further reading

• “ajillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025