compasillo
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kompaˈsiʝo/ [kõm.paˈsi.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /kompaˈsiʎo/ [kõm.paˈsi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /kompaˈsiʃo/ [kõm.paˈsi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /kompaˈsiʒo/ [kõm.paˈsi.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: com‧pa‧si‧llo
Noun
compasillo m (plural compasillos)
- (music) A measure in common time.
Further reading
- “compasillo”, 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