gusanillo
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡusaˈniʝo/ [ɡu.saˈni.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /ɡusaˈniʎo/ [ɡu.saˈni.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /ɡusaˈniʃo/ [ɡu.saˈni.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ɡusaˈniʒo/ [ɡu.saˈni.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: gu‧sa‧ni‧llo
Noun
gusanillo m (plural gusanillos)
Derived terms
- gusanillo de la conciencia
- matar el gusanillo
Further reading
- “gusanillo”, 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