grillete
Spanish
Etymology
From grillo + -ete (diminutive).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɾiˈʝete/ [ɡɾiˈʝe.t̪e] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /ɡɾiˈʎete/ [ɡɾiˈʎe.t̪e] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /ɡɾiˈʃete/ [ɡɾiˈʃe.t̪e] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ɡɾiˈʒete/ [ɡɾiˈʒe.t̪e] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -ete
- Syllabification: gri‧lle‧te
Noun
grillete m (plural grilletes)
Further reading
- “grillete”, 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