flequillo

Spanish

Etymology

From fleco +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /fleˈkiʝo/ [fleˈki.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /fleˈkiʝo/ [fleˈki.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /fleˈkiʎo/ [fleˈki.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /fleˈkiʃo/ [fleˈki.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /fleˈkiʒo/ [fleˈki.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: fle‧qui‧llo

Noun

flequillo m (plural flequillos)

1. (often in the plural) fringe, bangs
2. diminutive of fleco

Further reading

• “flequillo”, 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