gentillal

Spanish

Alternative forms

• gential

Etymology

From gentío +‎ -al

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /xentiˈʝal/ [xẽn̪.t̪iˈʝal]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /xentiˈʝal/ [xẽn̪.t̪iˈʝal]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /xentiˈʎal/ [xẽn̪.t̪iˈʎal]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /xentiˈʃal/ [xẽn̪.t̪iˈʃal]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /xentiˈʒal/ [xẽn̪.t̪iˈʒal]

• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: gen‧ti‧llal

Noun

gentillal m (plural gentillales)

1. (colloquial, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, northeastern Costa Rica, Paraguay) throng; crowd

Further reading

• “gentillal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• “gentillal” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.