conventillo

Spanish

Etymology

From convento +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kombenˈtiʝo/ [kõm.bẽn̪ˈt̪i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /kombenˈtiʝo/ [kõm.bẽn̪ˈt̪i.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /kombenˈtiʎo/ [kõm.bẽn̪ˈt̪i.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /kombenˈtiʃo/ [kõm.bẽn̪ˈt̪i.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /kombenˈtiʒo/ [kõm.bẽn̪ˈt̪i.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: con‧ven‧ti‧llo

Noun

conventillo m (plural conventillos)

1. a type of collective housing
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 224:

     Una viejecita alarmaba a los moradores del conventillo en que vivía, diciéndoles: alarmaba a los moradores del conventillo en que vivía, diciéndoles: «¡Salgan, salgan, que el gallo ha cantado y el temblor va a venir!»

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Further reading

• “conventillo”, 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