blanquillo

English

Etymology

From Spanish blanquillo.

Noun

blanquillo (plural blanquillos)

1. tilefish (Malacanthidae spp.)

Derived terms

• banded blanquillo (Malacanthus latovittatus)
• blue blanquillo (Malacanthus latovittatus)
• flagtail blanquillo ((Malacanthus brevirostris)
• striped blanquillo (Malacanthus latovittatus)

Spanish

Etymology

From blanco (“white”) +‎ -illo (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /blanˈkiʝo/ [blãŋˈki.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /blanˈkiʝo/ [blãŋˈki.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /blanˈkiʎo/ [blãŋˈki.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /blanˈkiʃo/ [blãŋˈki.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /blanˈkiʒo/ [blãŋˈki.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo (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: blan‧qui‧llo

Adjective

blanquillo (feminine blanquilla, masculine plural blanquillos, feminine plural blanquillas)

1. whitish

Noun

blanquillo m (plural blanquillos)

1. tilefish (Malacanthidae spp.)
2. egg (as food)

Further reading

• “blanquillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024