espinillo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish espinillo

Noun

espinillo (plural espinillos)

1. Vachellia caven, a South American tree.

Spanish

Etymology

From espino +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /espiˈniʝo/ [es.piˈni.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /espiˈniʝo/ [es.piˈni.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /espiˈniʎo/ [es.piˈni.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /espiˈniʃo/ [es.piˈni.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /espiˈniʒo/ [es.piˈni.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: es‧pi‧ni‧llo

Noun

espinillo m (plural espinillos)

1. gorse

Further reading

• “espinillo”, 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