camotillo

Spanish

Etymology

From camote +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kamoˈtiʝo/ [ka.moˈt̪i.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /kamoˈtiʎo/ [ka.moˈt̪i.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /kamoˈtiʃo/ [ka.moˈt̪i.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /kamoˈtiʒo/ [ka.moˈt̪i.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: ca‧mo‧ti‧llo

Noun

camotillo m (plural camotillos)

(Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) Zamia loddigesii

Further reading

“camotillo”, 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
“camotillo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010