cuadrillo
Spanish
Etymology
From cuadro + -illo, or from Vulgar Latin *quadrellus, from Latin quadrus. Compare Italian quadrello, French carreau.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwaˈdɾiʝo/ [kwaˈð̞ɾi.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /kwaˈdɾiʎo/ [kwaˈð̞ɾi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /kwaˈdɾiʃo/ [kwaˈð̞ɾi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /kwaˈdɾiʒo/ [kwaˈð̞ɾi.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: cua‧dri‧llo
Noun
cuadrillo m (plural cuadrillos)
- number sign; hash
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Further reading
- “cuadrillo”, 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