dominguillo
Spanish
Etymology
From domingo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dominˈɡiʝo/ [d̪o.mĩŋˈɡi.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /dominˈɡiʎo/ [d̪o.mĩŋˈɡi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /dominˈɡiʃo/ [d̪o.mĩŋˈɡi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /dominˈɡiʒo/ [d̪o.mĩŋˈɡi.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: do‧min‧gui‧llo
Noun
dominguillo m (plural dominguillos)
- roly-poly (toy that rights itself when pushed over)
- Synonym: tentetieso
Further reading
- “dominguillo”, 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