gatillo

See also: gatilló

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡaˈtiʝo/ [ɡaˈt̪i.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /ɡaˈtiʎo/ [ɡaˈt̪i.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /ɡaˈtiʃo/ [ɡaˈt̪i.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /ɡaˈtiʒo/ [ɡaˈt̪i.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

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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: ga‧ti‧llo

Etymology 1

From gato (“cat”) +‎ -illo.

Noun

gatillo m (plural gatillos)

trigger (of a gun)
- 2020 October 30, “‘Doralzuela’, la sede del antichavismo que cierra filas con Trump en Miami”, in El País‎^[1]:
  “Trump también quería intervenir, pero los opositores venezolanos lo frenaron, no les interesaba. Él ya tenía el dedo en el gatillo”, añade, orgulloso del candidato, Solórzano.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Portuguese: gatilho
→ Tagalog: gatilyo

Etymology 2

Verb

gatillo

first-person singular present indicative of gatillar

Further reading

“gatillo”, 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