a pie juntillo
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a ˌpje xunˈtiʝo/ [a ˌpje xũn̪ˈt̪i.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /a ˌpje xunˈtiʎo/ [a ˌpje xũn̪ˈt̪i.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /a ˌpje xunˈtiʃo/ [a ˌpje xũn̪ˈt̪i.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /a ˌpje xunˈtiʒo/ [a ˌpje xũn̪ˈt̪i.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: a pie jun‧ti‧llo
Adverb
- (archaic, idiomatic) alternative form of a pies juntillas
Further reading
- “a pie juntillas, o a pie juntillo, o a pies juntillas”, 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