anillo

See also: anilló

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish anillo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈniʎo/, [aˈni.ʎo]
• Hyphenation: a‧ni‧llo

Noun

anillo

1. finger ring

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aˈniʝo/ [aˈni.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /aˈniʝo/ [aˈni.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /aˈniʎo/ [aˈni.ʎo] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /aˈniʃo/ [aˈni.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /aˈniʒo/ [aˈni.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

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• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -iʎo (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: a‧ni‧llo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish aniello, from Latin ānellum (“little ring”), from ānulus, diminutive of ānus (“ring”). Compare Catalan anell, French anneau, Italian anello, Portuguese anel.

Noun

anillo m (plural anillos)

1. ring

   Synonym: sortija

2. (mycology) annulus
3. (heraldry) annulet

Usage notes

• The difference between anillo and anilla: both translate as ring in English. Anillo is for the jewellery, also the planetary ring, ring on a tree, bullfighting ring, building in a circular shape, geometrical ring, among others. Anilla may refer to a curtain ring, ring on a shoe, a ring onto which to tie a rope, a ring put round a bird's foot for tracking (also known as anillo), a gymnastic ring, among others.

Derived terms

• anilla
• anillito
• anillo booleano
• anillo de boda
• anillo de compromiso
• anillo de hadas
• anillo de seguridad
• anillo del Pescador
• caérsele los anillos
• como anillo al dedo
• obispo de anillo
• teoría de anillos

Related terms

• ano
• anular

Etymology 2

Verb

anillo

1. first-person singular present indicative of anillar

Further reading

• “anillo”, 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