gestecillo

Spanish

Etymology

From gesto +‎ -cillo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /xesteˈθiʝo/ [xes.t̪eˈθi.ʝo] (Spain)

• IPA^(key): /xesteˈθiʝo/ [xes.t̪eˈθi.ʝo] (most of Spain)
• IPA^(key): /xesteˈθiʎo/ [xes.t̪eˈθi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain)

 

• IPA^(key): /xesteˈsiʝo/ [xes.t̪eˈsi.ʝo] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /xesteˈsiʝo/ [xes.t̪eˈsi.ʝo] (most of Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /xesteˈsiʎo/ [xes.t̪eˈsi.ʎo] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

 

• IPA^(key): /xesteˈsiʃo/ [xes.t̪eˈsi.ʃo] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /xesteˈsiʃo/ [xes.t̪eˈsi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /xesteˈsiʒo/ [xes.t̪eˈsi.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: ges‧te‧ci‧llo

Noun

gestecillo m (plural gestecillos)

1. diminutive of gesto