colmilludo

Spanish

Etymology

From colmillo +‎ -udo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kolmiˈʝudo/ [kol.miˈʝu.ð̞o] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /kolmiˈʎudo/ [kol.miˈʎu.ð̞o] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /kolmiˈʃudo/ [kol.miˈʃu.ð̞o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /kolmiˈʒudo/ [kol.miˈʒu.ð̞o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -udo
Syllabification: col‧mi‧llu‧do

Adjective

colmilludo (feminine colmilluda, masculine plural colmilludos, feminine plural colmilludas)

with big teeth or fangs
(Mexico, Puerto Rico) astute, shrewd

Further reading

“colmilludo”, 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