chivillo

Spanish

Etymology

From chivo (“kid goat”) +‎ -illo (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈbiʝo/ [t͡ʃiˈβ̞i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈbiʝo/ [t͡ʃiˈβ̞i.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈbiʎo/ [t͡ʃiˈβ̞i.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈbiʃo/ [t͡ʃiˈβ̞i.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈbiʒo/ [t͡ʃiˈβ̞i.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‧vi‧llo

Noun

chivillo m (plural chivillos)

1. (Peru) scrub blackbird (Dives warszewiczi)

   Synonyms: tordo de matorral, zanate matorralero, tordo negro fino

2. (Peru) jet black

   Synonym: azabache

Further reading

• “chivillo”, 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
• “chivillo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010