autillo

Spanish

Etymology

Perhaps from the base *aut, imitative of its call, +‎ -illo. Or, from Vulgar Latin *ōtellus, a diminutive of Ancient Greek ὠτός (ōtós), genitive of οὖς (oûs, “ear”), referring to its ears.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /auˈtiʝo/ [au̯ˈt̪i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /auˈtiʝo/ [au̯ˈt̪i.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /auˈtiʎo/ [au̯ˈt̪i.ʎo] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /auˈtiʃo/ [au̯ˈt̪i.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /auˈtiʒo/ [au̯ˈt̪i.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -iʎo (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: au‧ti‧llo

Noun

autillo m (plural autillos)

1. screech owl, scops owl

Derived terms

• autillo africano
• autillo chino

Further reading

• “autillo”, 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
• Roberts, Edward A. (2014), A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 190