descansillo
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deskanˈsiʝo/ [d̪es.kãnˈsi.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /deskanˈsiʎo/ [d̪es.kãnˈsi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /deskanˈsiʃo/ [d̪es.kãnˈsi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /deskanˈsiʒo/ [d̪es.kãnˈsi.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: des‧can‧si‧llo
Noun
descansillo m (plural descansillos)
- landing (above stairs)
- Synonym: rellano
- 2018, “Malamente (Cap.1: Augurio)”, in El mal querer, performed by Rosalía:
- Está parpadeando la luz del descansillo / Una voz en la escalera, alguien cruzando el pasillo
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “descansillo”, 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