estribillo

Spanish

Etymology

From estribo +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /estɾiˈbiʝo/ [es.t̪ɾiˈβ̞i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /estɾiˈbiʝo/ [es.t̪ɾiˈβ̞i.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /estɾiˈbiʎo/ [es.t̪ɾiˈβ̞i.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /estɾiˈbiʃo/ [es.t̪ɾiˈβ̞i.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /estɾiˈbiʒo/ [es.t̪ɾiˈβ̞i.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

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

• Syllabification: es‧tri‧bi‧llo

Noun

estribillo m (plural estribillos)

1. refrain, chorus

   Synonym: refrán

2. saying

   Synonym: refrán

Further reading

• “estribillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10