castillo

See also: Castillo

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish castillo (“castle”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: cas‧ti‧llo

Noun

castillo

1. castle

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish castiello (“stronghold, fortress, castle”), from Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum (“fort”). Doublet of castell.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kasˈtiʝo/ [kasˈt̪i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /kasˈtiʝo/ [kasˈt̪i.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kasˈtiʎo/ [kasˈt̪i.ʎo] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /kasˈtiʃo/ [kasˈt̪i.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /kasˈtiʒo/ [kasˈt̪i.ʒo] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /kasˈtio/ [kasˈt̪i.o] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

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• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -iʎo (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒo (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• Rhymes: -io (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: cas‧ti‧llo

Noun

castillo m (plural castillos)

1. castle (a large building that is fortified and contains many defences)

Derived terms

• acastillar
• castillo de naipes
• encastillar

Related terms

• castellano
• Castilla

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: kastio
• → Tagalog: kastilyo

Further reading

• “castillo”, 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