blanquillo
English
Etymology
From Spanish blanquillo.
Noun
blanquillo (plural blanquillos)
- tilefish (Malacanthidae spp.)
Derived terms
- banded blanquillo (Malacanthus latovittatus)
- blue blanquillo (Malacanthus latovittatus)
- flagtail blanquillo ((Malacanthus brevirostris)
- striped blanquillo (Malacanthus latovittatus)
Spanish
Etymology
From blanco (“white”) + -illo (“diminutive suffix”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blanˈkiʝo/ [blãŋˈki.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /blanˈkiʎo/ [blãŋˈki.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /blanˈkiʃo/ [blãŋˈki.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /blanˈkiʒo/ [blãŋˈki.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: blan‧qui‧llo
Adjective
blanquillo (feminine blanquilla, masculine plural blanquillos, feminine plural blanquillas)
Noun
blanquillo m (plural blanquillos)
- tilefish (Malacanthidae spp.)
- egg (as food)
Further reading
- “blanquillo”, 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