espinillo
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish espinillo
Noun
espinillo (plural espinillos)
- Vachellia caven, a South American tree.
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /espiˈniʝo/ [es.piˈni.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /espiˈniʎo/ [es.piˈni.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /espiˈniʃo/ [es.piˈni.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /espiˈniʒo/ [es.piˈni.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: es‧pi‧ni‧llo
Noun
espinillo m (plural espinillos)
Further reading
- “espinillo”, 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