velillo

Spanish

Etymology

From velo +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /beˈliʝo/ [beˈli.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /beˈliʝo/ [beˈli.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /beˈliʎo/ [beˈli.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /beˈliʃo/ [beˈli.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /beˈliʒo/ [beˈli.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo
• Rhymes: -iʎo
• Rhymes: -iʃo
• Rhymes: -iʒo

• Syllabification: ve‧li‧llo

Noun

velillo m (plural velillos)

1. diminutive of velo

Further reading

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