galleguito

Spanish

Etymology

From gallego +‎ -ito.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʝeˈɡito/ [ɡa.ʝeˈɣ̞i.t̪o]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡaʝeˈɡito/ [ɡa.ʝeˈɣ̞i.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ɡaʎeˈɡito/ [ɡa.ʎeˈɣ̞i.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡaʃeˈɡito/ [ɡa.ʃeˈɣ̞i.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡaʒeˈɡito/ [ɡa.ʒeˈɣ̞i.t̪o]

• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: ga‧lle‧gui‧to

Noun

galleguito m (plural galleguitos)

1. Diminutive of gallego
2. laughing gull, Leucophaeus atricilla