visillo

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *widtós

Proto-Italic *wissos

Latin vīsus

Spanish viso

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin -ellus

Old Spanish -iello

Spanish -illo

Spanish visillo

From viso + -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /biˈsiʝo/ [biˈsi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /biˈsiʝo/ [biˈsi.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /biˈsiʎo/ [biˈsi.ʎo] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /biˈsiʃo/ [biˈsi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /biˈsiʒo/ [biˈsi.ʒo] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /biˈsio/ [biˈsi.o] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -iʎo (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒo (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• Rhymes: -io (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: vi‧si‧llo

Noun

visillo m (plural visillos)

1. net curtain

Further reading

• “visillo”, 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