arcilloso

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin argillōsus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aɾθiˈʝoso/ [aɾ.θiˈʝo.so] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)

• IPA^(key): /aɾθiˈʝoso/ [aɾ.θiˈʝo.so] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain)
• IPA^(key): /aɾθiˈʎoso/ [aɾ.θiˈʎo.so] (rustic northern Spain)

 

• IPA^(key): /aɾsiˈʝoso/ [aɾ.siˈʝo.so] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /aɾsiˈʝoso/ [aɾ.siˈʝo.so] (most of Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /aɾsiˈʎoso/ [aɾ.siˈʎo.so] (Andes Mountains Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

 

• IPA^(key): /aɾsiˈʃoso/ [aɾ.siˈʃo.so] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /aɾsiˈʃoso/ [aɾ.siˈʃo.so] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /aɾsiˈʒoso/ [aɾ.siˈʒo.so] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: ar‧ci‧llo‧so

Adjective

arcilloso (feminine arcillosa, masculine plural arcillosos, feminine plural arcillosas)

1. clayey, clayish

Related terms

• arcilla

Further reading

• “arcilloso”, 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