canalillo

Spanish

Etymology

From canal +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kanaˈliʝo/ [ka.naˈli.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kanaˈliʝo/ [ka.naˈli.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kanaˈliʎo/ [ka.naˈli.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kanaˈliʃo/ [ka.naˈli.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kanaˈliʒo/ [ka.naˈli.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

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

• Syllabification: ca‧na‧li‧llo

Noun

canalillo m (plural canalillos)

1. Diminutive of canal
2. (colloquial) cleavage (central cleft between a woman breasts)

Further reading

• “canalillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014