cerillo

See also: Cerillo

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /θeˈɾiʝo/ [θeˈɾi.ʝo] (Spain)

• IPA^(key): /θeˈɾiʝo/ [θeˈɾi.ʝo] (most of Spain)
• IPA^(key): /θeˈɾiʎo/ [θeˈɾi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain)

 

• IPA^(key): /seˈɾiʝo/ [seˈɾi.ʝo] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /seˈɾiʝo/ [seˈɾi.ʝo] (most of Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /seˈɾiʎo/ [seˈɾi.ʎo] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

 

• IPA^(key): /seˈɾiʃo/ [seˈɾi.ʃo] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /seˈɾiʃo/ [seˈɾi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /seˈɾiʒo/ [seˈɾi.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: ce‧ri‧llo

Noun

cerillo m (plural cerillos)

1. (Mexico) match (stick)

   Synonyms: cerilla, fósforo, (regional, Spain) misto, (regional, Spain) mixto

Related terms

• cera

Further reading

• “cerillo”, 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