bordillo

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /boɾˈdiʝo/ [boɾˈð̞i.ʝo]

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

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• 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: bor‧di‧llo

Noun

bordillo m (plural bordillos)

1. kerb (UK), curb (US)

   Synonym: (Argentina) cordón

Further reading

• “bordillo”, 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