anillo

See also: anilló

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish anillo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈniʎo/ [ʔa.ˈni.ʎo]
• Rhymes: -ʎo, -iʎo
• Hyphenation: a‧ni‧llo

Noun

aníllo

1. finger ring

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aˈniʝo/ [aˈni.ʝo]

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

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• 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‧ni‧llo

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂nos

Proto-Italic *ānos

Latin ānus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Latin ānulus

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Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin ānellus

Old Spanish aniello

Spanish anillo

Inherited from Old Spanish aniello, from Latin ānellus, from ānulus (“ring”) + -lus. Cognate with Catalan anell, French anneau, Italian anello, and Portuguese anel.

Noun

anillo m (plural anillos)

1. ring

   Synonym: sortija

2. (mycology) annulus
3. (heraldry) annulet

Usage notes

• The difference between anillo and anilla: both translate as ring in English. Anillo is for the jewellery, also the planetary ring, ring on a tree, bullfighting ring, building in a circular shape, geometrical ring, among others. Anilla may refer to a curtain ring, ring on a shoe, a ring onto which to tie a rope, a ring put round a bird's foot for tracking (also known as anillo), a gymnastic ring, among others.

Derived terms

• anillo booleano
• anillo de boda
• anillo de compromiso
• anillo de hadas
• anillo de seguridad
• anillo del Pescador
• caérsele los anillos
• como anillo al dedo
• obispo de anillo
• teoría de anillos

Related terms

• anilla
• anillito
• ano
• anular

Etymology 2

Verb

anillo

1. first-person singular present indicative of anillar

Further reading

• “anillo”, 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