caldillo

Spanish

Etymology

From caldo +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kalˈdiʝo/ [kal̪ˈd̪i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /kalˈdiʝo/ [kal̪ˈd̪i.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /kalˈdiʎo/ [kal̪ˈd̪i.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /kalˈdiʃo/ [kal̪ˈd̪i.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /kalˈdiʒo/ [kal̪ˈd̪i.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: cal‧di‧llo

Noun

caldillo m (plural caldillos)

1. diminutive of caldo

Further reading

• “caldillo”, 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