pegollo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Asturian pegollu.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /peˈɡoʝo/ [peˈɣ̞o.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /peˈɡoʝo/ [peˈɣ̞o.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /peˈɡoʎo/ [peˈɣ̞o.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /peˈɡoʃo/ [peˈɣ̞o.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /peˈɡoʒo/ [peˈɣ̞o.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -oʝo

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -oʝo
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -oʎo
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -oʃo
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -oʒo

• Syllabification: pe‧go‧llo

Noun

pegollo m (plural pegollos)

1. (Asturias, Galicia) a pillar of a hórreo

Further reading

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