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) /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

• (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: dra‧gon‧ci‧llo

Noun

dragoncillo m (plural dragoncillos)

1. Diminutive of dragón

Further reading

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