pilluelo

Spanish

Etymology

From pillo +‎ -uelo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /piˈʝwelo/ [piˈʝwe.lo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /piˈʎwelo/ [piˈʎwe.lo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /piˈʃwelo/ [piˈʃwe.lo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /piˈʒwelo/ [piˈʒwe.lo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -elo
Syllabification: pi‧llue‧lo

Noun

pilluelo m (plural pilluelos, feminine pilluela, feminine plural pilluelas)

rascal; scamp

Further reading

Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “pilluelo”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]