cuatrillizo

Spanish

Etymology

From cuatri- +‎ mellizo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kwatɾiˈʝiθo/ [kwa.t̪ɾiˈʝi.θo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain)
IPA^(key): /kwatɾiˈʎiθo/ [kwa.t̪ɾiˈʎi.θo] (rural northern Spain)

IPA^(key): /kwatɾiˈʝiso/ [kwa.t̪ɾiˈʝi.so] (most of Latin America)
IPA^(key): /kwatɾiˈʎiso/ [kwa.t̪ɾiˈʎi.so] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

IPA^(key): /kwatɾiˈʃiso/ [kwa.t̪ɾiˈʃi.so] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /kwatɾiˈʒiso/ [kwa.t̪ɾiˈʒi.so] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -iθo (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
Rhymes: -iso (Latin America, Philippines)
Syllabification: cua‧tri‧lli‧zo

Noun

cuatrillizo m (plural cuatrillizos, feminine cuatrilliza, feminine plural cuatrillizas)

quadruplet

Further reading

“cuatrillizo”, 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