puntillismo
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French pointillisme, adapted to Spanish punto or puntillo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /puntiˈʝismo/ [pũn̪.t̪iˈʝiz.mo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /puntiˈʎismo/ [pũn̪.t̪iˈʎiz.mo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /puntiˈʃismo/ [pũn̪.t̪iˈʃiz.mo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /puntiˈʒismo/ [pũn̪.t̪iˈʒiz.mo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -ismo
- Syllabification: pun‧ti‧llis‧mo
Noun
puntillismo m (uncountable)
Related terms
Further reading
- “puntillismo”, 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