potrillo
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish potriello, equivalent to potro + -illo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poˈtɾiʝo/ [poˈt̪ɾi.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /poˈtɾiʎo/ [poˈt̪ɾi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /poˈtɾiʃo/ [poˈt̪ɾi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /poˈtɾiʒo/ [poˈt̪ɾi.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: po‧tri‧llo
Noun
potrillo m (plural potrillos)
Further reading
- “potrillo”, 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