pestillo
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pestellus, diminutive of Late Latin pestulus, alteration of Latin pessulus. Compare Catalan pestell.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pesˈtiʝo/ [pesˈt̪i.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /pesˈtiʎo/ [pesˈt̪i.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /pesˈtiʃo/ [pesˈt̪i.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /pesˈtiʒo/ [pesˈt̪i.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: pes‧ti‧llo
Noun
pestillo m (plural pestillos)
See also
Further reading
- “pestillo”, 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