pardillo

Spanish

Etymology

From pardo +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /paɾˈdiʝo/ [paɾˈð̞i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /paɾˈdiʝo/ [paɾˈð̞i.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /paɾˈdiʎo/ [paɾˈð̞i.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /paɾˈdiʃo/ [paɾˈð̞i.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /paɾˈdiʒo/ [paɾˈð̞i.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝo
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎo
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃo
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒo

• Syllabification: par‧di‧llo

Noun

pardillo m (plural pardillos, feminine pardilla, feminine plural pardillas)

1. linnet (Linaria cannabina)
2. (colloquial, derogatory) sucker, gullible person

Derived terms

• hacer el pardillo

 

Adjective

pardillo (feminine pardilla, masculine plural pardillos, feminine plural pardillas)

1. (colloquial, derogatory) ignorant, naive, gullible

   Synonym: ignorante

Derived terms

• perdiz pardilla

 

Further reading

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