moquillo

Spanish

Etymology

From moco +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /moˈkiʝo/ [moˈki.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /moˈkiʝo/ [moˈki.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /moˈkiʎo/ [moˈki.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /moˈkiʃo/ [moˈki.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /moˈkiʒo/ [moˈki.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: mo‧qui‧llo

Noun

moquillo m (uncountable)

1. distemper (disease of animals)
   • 2016 December 11, “Hola, Balcarce”, in Clarin‎:

     El que se bancó el moquillo y ahora llegó a la cima.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• codillo y moquillo

Further reading

• “moquillo”, 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