castillo
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See also: Castillo
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Spanish castiello (“stronghold, fortress, castle”), from Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum (“fort”). Doublet of castell.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Syllabification: cas‧ti‧llo
Noun[edit]
castillo m (plural castillos)
- castle (a large building that is fortified and contains many defences)
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Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “castillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms inherited from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish doublets
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʝo
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʝo/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʎo
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʎo/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʃo
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʃo/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʒo
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʒo/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Buildings
- es:Royal residences