gatillo

See also: gatilló

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈtiʝo/ [ɡaˈt̪i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈtiʝo/ [ɡaˈt̪i.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈtiʎo/ [ɡaˈt̪i.ʎo] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈtiʃo/ [ɡaˈt̪i.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈtiʒo/ [ɡaˈt̪i.ʒo] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈtio/ [ɡaˈt̪i.o] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

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• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -iʎo (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒo (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• Rhymes: -io (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: ga‧ti‧llo

Etymology 1

From gato (“cat”) +‎ -illo.

Noun

gatillo m (plural gatillos)

1. trigger (of a gun)
   • 2020 October 30, “‘Doralzuela’, la sede del antichavismo que cierra filas con Trump en Miami”, in El País‎^[1]:

     “Trump también quería intervenir, pero los opositores venezolanos lo frenaron, no les interesaba. Él ya tenía el dedo en el gatillo”, añade, orgulloso del candidato, Solórzano.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• apretar el gatillo
• gatillar
• gatillo fácil

Descendants

• → Portuguese: gatilho
• → Tagalog: gatilyo

Etymology 2

Verb

gatillo

1. first-person singular present indicative of gatillar

Further reading

• “gatillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025