cerquillo
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θeɾˈkiʝo/ [θeɾˈki.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain)
- IPA(key): /θeɾˈkiʎo/ [θeɾˈki.ʎo] (rural northern Spain)
- IPA(key): /seɾˈkiʝo/ [seɾˈki.ʝo] (most of Latin America)
- IPA(key): /seɾˈkiʎo/ [seɾˈki.ʎo] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- 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: cer‧qui‧llo
Noun
cerquillo m (plural cerquillos)
Further reading
- “cerquillo”, 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