canutillo

Spanish

Etymology

Diminutive of canuto

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kanuˈtiʝo/ [ka.nuˈt̪i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /kanuˈtiʝo/ [ka.nuˈt̪i.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kanuˈtiʎo/ [ka.nuˈt̪i.ʎo] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /kanuˈtiʃo/ [ka.nuˈt̪i.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /kanuˈtiʒo/ [ka.nuˈt̪i.ʒo] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /kanuˈtio/ [ka.nuˈt̪i.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: ca‧nu‧ti‧llo

Noun

canutillo m (plural canutillos)

1. a dessert consisting of confectioner's cream rolled in pastry

Further reading

• “canutillo”, 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