chillo

See also: chilló

Classical Nahuatl

Noun

chillo (inanimate)

1. obsolete spelling of chīlloh

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eccum illum. Compare Italian quello.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈkillə], (in sandhi) [-u]

Adjective

chillo (feminine singular chella, masculine plural chille, feminine plural chelle)

1. (demonstrative) that

Coordinate terms

• chisto (“this”)

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1587: “questo e non quello?” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiʝo/ [ˈt͡ʃi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiʝo/ [ˈt͡ʃi.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiʎo/ [ˈt͡ʃi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiʃo/ [ˈt͡ʃi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiʒo/ [ˈt͡ʃi.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: chi‧llo

Etymology 1

Deverbal from chillar.

Noun

chillo m (plural chillos)

1. cry, troat, squeal, hoot

Etymology 2

Verb

chillo

1. first-person singular present indicative of chillar

Further reading

• “chillo”, 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