pillo

See also: Pillo and pilló

Catalan

Verb

pillo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pillar

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pīlum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpil.lo/
• Rhymes: -illo
• Hyphenation: pìl‧lo

Noun

pillo m (plural pilli)

1. tamper (tool)

Further reading

• pillo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• polli

Latin

Alternative forms

• piliō, pillōnium, pīlō

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɪl.loː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpil.lo]

Noun

pillō f (genitive pillōnis); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) chaff

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pillō	pillōnēs
genitive	pillōnis	pillōnum
dative	pillōnī	pillōnibus
accusative	pillōnem	pillōnēs
ablative	pillōne	pillōnibus
vocative	pillō	pillōnēs

Synonyms

• (chaff): palea (Classical)

References

• "pillo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “pillo”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 797/2

Latvian

Adjective

pillo

1. (dialectal) definite vocative masculine singular of pills
2. (dialectal) definite accusative masculine singular of pills
3. (dialectal) definite instrumental masculine singular of pills
4. (dialectal) definite genitive masculine plural of pills
5. (dialectal) definite vocative feminine singular of pills
6. (dialectal) definite accusative feminine singular of pills
7. (dialectal) definite instrumental feminine singular of pills
8. (dialectal) definite genitive feminine plural of pills

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiʝo/ [ˈpi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiʝo/ [ˈpi.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /ˈpiʎo/ [ˈpi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ˈpiʃo/ [ˈpi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈpiʒo/ [ˈpi.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

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

• Syllabification: pi‧llo

Etymology 1

From Latin pīlum.

Adjective

pillo (feminine pilla, masculine plural pillos, feminine plural pillas)

1. clever

   Synonyms: astuto, listo

2. cheeky, impudent

   Synonyms: fresco, sinvergüenza

3. mean, nasty

   Synonym: bajo

Related terms

• pillería

Noun

pillo m (plural pillos, feminine pilla, feminine plural pillas)

1. cheeky or naughty person, crook or thief; scoundrel
   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     las prácticas religiosas no son otra cosa que una especie de instrumento correccional contra los pillos.

     religious practices are nothing more than a kind of correctional instrument against crooks.

Descendants

• → Central Bikol: pilyo
• → Tagalog: pilyo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pillo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pillar

Further reading

• “pillo”, 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