hollín

See also: hollin

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish follín, from Vulgar Latin *fullīginem (compare the attested follīginem), from Latin fūlīginem, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂li-, from *dʰewh₂-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oˈʝin/ [oˈʝĩn]

• IPA^(key): /oˈʝin/ [oˈʝĩn] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /oˈʎin/ [oˈʎĩn] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /oˈʃin/ [oˈʃĩn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /oˈʒin/ [oˈʒĩn] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /oˈin/ [oˈĩn] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: ho‧llín

Noun

hollín m (plural hollines)

1. soot

   Synonyms: negrumo, tile

Derived terms

• deshollinador
• hollinoso

Further reading

• “hollín”, 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