palillo

Galician

Palillos

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish palillo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paˈliʎʊ]

Noun

palillo m (plural palillos)

1. bobbin

   Synonym: bilro

2. toothpick

   Synonym: escarvadentes

3. chopstick (single eating utensil)

Derived terms

• encaixe de palillos
• palillar
• palilleira

References

• “palillo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “palillo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “palillo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Spanish

Etymology

From palo +‎ -illo.

Noun

palillo m (plural palillos)

1. toothpick

   Synonyms: mondadientes, escarbadientes

2. chopstick (single eating utensil)

   Synonyms: palito chino, palillo chino

3. (music) drumstick

   Synonym: baqueta, palote

4. Diminutive of palo: small stick
5. very thin person
6. (Uruguay, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Andalusia) clothes peg, clothespin

   Synonyms: pinza, gancho, palito, prensa, broche, agarrador, perro, perrito, perilllo, horquilla, prensaropa, alfiler, traba

7. (Bolivia, Peru, Chile) knitting needle

Derived terms

• palillo de dientes
• palillo de cóctel

Further reading

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