frenillo
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɾeˈniʝo/ [fɾeˈni.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /fɾeˈniʎo/ [fɾeˈni.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /fɾeˈniʃo/ [fɾeˈni.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /fɾeˈniʒo/ [fɾeˈni.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
Audio (Costa Rica): (file)
- 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: fre‧ni‧llo
Noun
frenillo m (plural frenillos)
- (orthodontics, Central America, Cuba, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay) braces
- Synonyms: frenos, aparatos, aparatos dentales, brackets
- frenulum (fold of tissue that prevents an organ in the body from moving too far)
- speech disorder
- (Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Venezuela) bridle of a kite
Further reading
- “frenillo”, 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