puntillo
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /punˈtiʝo/ [pũn̪ˈt̪i.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /punˈtiʎo/ [pũn̪ˈt̪i.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /punˈtiʃo/ [pũn̪ˈt̪i.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /punˈtiʒo/ [pũn̪ˈt̪i.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: pun‧ti‧llo
Noun
puntillo m (plural puntillos)
- diminutive of punto
- self-love
- Synonym: amor propio
- (music) staccato dot
- light drunkenness
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera
Further reading
- “puntillo”, 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