pardillo
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paɾˈdiʝo/ [paɾˈð̞i.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /paɾˈdiʎo/ [paɾˈð̞i.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /paɾˈdiʃo/ [paɾˈð̞i.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /paɾˈdiʒo/ [paɾˈð̞i.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: par‧di‧llo
Noun
pardillo m (plural pardillos, feminine pardilla, feminine plural pardillas)
- linnet (Linaria cannabina)
- (colloquial, derogatory) sucker, gullible person
Derived terms
Adjective
pardillo (feminine pardilla, masculine plural pardillos, feminine plural pardillas)
- (colloquial, derogatory) ignorant, naive, gullible
- Synonym: ignorante
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pardillo”, 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