torillo
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toˈɾiʝo/ [t̪oˈɾi.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /toˈɾiʎo/ [t̪oˈɾi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /toˈɾiʃo/ [t̪oˈɾi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /toˈɾiʒo/ [t̪oˈɾi.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: to‧ri‧llo
Noun
torillo m (plural torillos)
- diminutive of toro
- buttonquail
- (colloquial, uncommon) topic
- Synonym: torete
Further reading
- “torillo”, 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