mundillo

Spanish

Etymology

mundo (“world”) +‎ -illo (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /munˈdiʝo/ [mũn̪ˈd̪i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /munˈdiʝo/ [mũn̪ˈd̪i.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /munˈdiʎo/ [mũn̪ˈd̪i.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /munˈdiʃo/ [mũn̪ˈd̪i.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /munˈdiʒo/ [mũn̪ˈd̪i.ʒo]

Noun

mundillo m (plural mundillos)

1. warming pan
2. pad or cushion used to make lace
3. Viburnum opulus (guelder rose, water elder, snowball tree).

Further reading

• “mundillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014