chililludo

Spanish

Etymology

From chilillo +‎ -udo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiliˈʝudo/ [t͡ʃi.liˈʝu.ð̞o] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiliˈʎudo/ [t͡ʃi.liˈʎu.ð̞o] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiliˈʃudo/ [t͡ʃi.liˈʃu.ð̞o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiliˈʒudo/ [t͡ʃi.liˈʒu.ð̞o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -udo
Syllabification: chi‧li‧llu‧do

Adjective

chililludo (feminine chililluda, masculine plural chililludos, feminine plural chililludas)

(colloquial, El Salvador) very thin and tall

Further reading

“chililludo”, 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