cabrilleo

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kabɾiˈʝeo/ [ka.β̞ɾiˈʝe.o] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /kabɾiˈʎeo/ [ka.β̞ɾiˈʎe.o] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /kabɾiˈʃeo/ [ka.β̞ɾiˈʃe.o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /kabɾiˈʒeo/ [ka.β̞ɾiˈʒe.o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -eo
Syllabification: ca‧bri‧lle‧o

Etymology 1

Deverbal from cabrillear.

Noun

cabrilleo m (plural cabrilleos)

foaming, breaking into foam (said of sea waves)

Etymology 2

Verb

cabrilleo

first-person singular present indicative of cabrillear

Further reading

“cabrilleo”, 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