tinterillo
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tinteˈɾiʝo/ [t̪ĩn̪.t̪eˈɾi.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /tinteˈɾiʎo/ [t̪ĩn̪.t̪eˈɾi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /tinteˈɾiʃo/ [t̪ĩn̪.t̪eˈɾi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /tinteˈɾiʒo/ [t̪ĩn̪.t̪eˈɾi.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: tin‧te‧ri‧llo
Noun
tinterillo m (plural tinterillos)
- (derogatory) penpusher; pencil pusher
- Synonyms: cagatintas, chupatintas
- Coordinate term: oficinista
- (dialectal, Latin America) shyster (lawyer), pettyfogger
Further reading
- “tinterillo”, 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