portillo

See also: Portillo

Spanish

Etymology

From puerta +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /poɾˈtiʝo/ [poɾˈt̪i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /poɾˈtiʝo/ [poɾˈt̪i.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /poɾˈtiʎo/ [poɾˈt̪i.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /poɾˈtiʃo/ [poɾˈt̪i.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /poɾˈtiʒo/ [poɾˈt̪i.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: por‧ti‧llo

Noun

portillo m (plural portillos)

1. gate
   • 2015 September 16, “Una triple crisis europea”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Decenas de miles de personas se hallan deambulando entre Grecia y los Balcanes a la espera de encontrar el portillo hacia un país que les acepte como asilados.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• desportillar

 

Further reading

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