cuadrillo

Spanish

Etymology

From cuadro +‎ -illo, or from Vulgar Latin *quadrellus, from Latin quadrus. Compare Italian quadrello, French carreau.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kwaˈdɾiʝo/ [kwaˈð̞ɾi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /kwaˈdɾiʝo/ [kwaˈð̞ɾi.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /kwaˈdɾiʎo/ [kwaˈð̞ɾi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /kwaˈdɾiʃo/ [kwaˈð̞ɾi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /kwaˈdɾiʒo/ [kwaˈð̞ɾi.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: cua‧dri‧llo

Noun

cuadrillo m (plural cuadrillos)

1. number sign; hash
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Related terms

• cuadro

Further reading

• “cuadrillo”, 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