nudillo

Spanish

Alternative forms

• ñudillo (dated)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin nūdusder.

Spanish nudo

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin -ellus

Old Spanish -iello

Spanish -illo

Spanish nudillo

From nudo + -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nuˈdiʝo/ [nuˈð̞i.ʝo]

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

 

• 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: nu‧di‧llo

Noun

nudillo m (plural nudillos)

1. (anatomy) knuckle

   Synonym: artejo

Derived terms

• nudillera

Further reading

• “nudillo”, 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