leoncillo

Spanish

Etymology

From león +‎ -cillo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /leonˈθiʝo/ [le.õn̟ˈθi.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)

• IPA^(key): /leonˈθiʝo/ [le.õn̟ˈθi.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain)
• IPA^(key): /leonˈθiʎo/ [le.õn̟ˈθi.ʎo] (rustic northern Spain)

 

• IPA^(key): /leonˈsiʝo/ [le.õnˈsi.ʝo] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /leonˈsiʝo/ [le.õnˈsi.ʝo] (most of Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /leonˈsiʎo/ [le.õnˈsi.ʎo] (Andes Mountains Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

 

• IPA^(key): /leonˈsiʃo/ [le.õnˈsi.ʃo] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /leonˈsiʃo/ [le.õnˈsi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /leonˈsiʒo/ [le.õnˈsi.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• 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: le‧on‧ci‧llo

Noun

leoncillo m (plural leoncillos)

1. diminutive of león
2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (Americas, dialectal) kinkajou