dragoncillo

Spanish

Etymology

From dragón +‎ -cillo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /dɾaɡonˈθiʝo/ [d̪ɾa.ɣ̞õn̟ˈθi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /dɾaɡonˈθiʝo/ [d̪ɾa.ɣ̞õn̟ˈθi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /dɾaɡonˈθiʎo/ [d̪ɾa.ɣ̞õn̟ˈθi.ʎo]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /dɾaɡonˈsiʝo/ [d̪ɾa.ɣ̞õnˈsi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /dɾaɡonˈsiʝo/ [d̪ɾa.ɣ̞õnˈsi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Philippines) /dɾaɡonˈsiʎo/ [d̪ɾa.ɣ̞õnˈsi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /dɾaɡonˈsiʃo/ [d̪ɾa.ɣ̞õnˈsi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /dɾaɡonˈsiʒo/ [d̪ɾa.ɣ̞õnˈsi.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo
• Rhymes: -iʎo
• Rhymes: -iʃo
• Rhymes: -iʒo

• Syllabification: dra‧gon‧ci‧llo

Noun

dragoncillo m (plural dragoncillos)

1. diminutive of dragón

Further reading

• “dragoncillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16