barquillo
Spanish
Etymology
From barca (“small boat”) + -illo (diminutive suffix), because of its shape.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baɾˈkiʝo/ [baɾˈki.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /baɾˈkiʎo/ [baɾˈki.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /baɾˈkiʃo/ [baɾˈki.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /baɾˈkiʒo/ [baɾˈki.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- 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: bar‧qui‧llo
Noun
barquillo m (plural barquillos)
- ice cream cone
- crispy rolled wafer pastry originating in Spain
Descendants
- → Tagalog: barkilyos
Further reading
- “barquillo”, 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