pestillo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pestellus, diminutive of Late Latin pestulus, alteration of Latin pessulus. Compare Catalan pestell.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pesˈtiʝo/ [pesˈt̪i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /pesˈtiʝo/ [pesˈt̪i.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /pesˈtiʎo/ [pesˈt̪i.ʎo] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /pesˈtiʃo/ [pesˈt̪i.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /pesˈtiʒo/ [pesˈt̪i.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

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

• Syllabification: pes‧ti‧llo

Noun

pestillo m (plural pestillos)

1. latch
2. bolt (of a lock)

   Synonym: cerrojo

See also

• cerrojo

Further reading

• “pestillo”, 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