mediquillo
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mediˈkiʝo/ [me.ð̞iˈki.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /mediˈkiʎo/ [me.ð̞iˈki.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /mediˈkiʃo/ [me.ð̞iˈki.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /mediˈkiʒo/ [me.ð̞iˈki.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: me‧di‧qui‧llo
Noun
mediquillo m (plural mediquillos)
- diminutive of médico
Further reading
- “mediquillo”, 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