huesillo

Spanish

Etymology

From hueso +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /w̝eˈsiʝo/ [w̝eˈsi.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /w̝eˈsiʎo/ [w̝eˈsi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /w̝eˈsiʃo/ [w̝eˈsi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /w̝eˈsiʒo/ [w̝eˈsi.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: hue‧si‧llo

Noun

huesillo m (plural huesillos)

diminutive of hueso (“bone; pit”)
(Peru, Bolivia, Chile) a dried pitted peach

Derived terms

mote con huesillos, mote con huesillo

Further reading

“huesillo”, 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
“huesillo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010