quillo

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiʝo/ [ˈki.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiʝo/ [ˈki.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /ˈkiʎo/ [ˈki.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ˈkiʃo/ [ˈki.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈkiʒo/ [ˈki.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: qui‧llo

Contraction

quillo

1. (colloquial, Andalusia, Cádiz) contraction of chiquillo (a term of endearment for a young person); often used as an interjection

Derived terms

• illo

Further reading

• “quillo”, 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