pardillo

Spanish

Etymology

From pardo +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /paɾˈdiʝo/ [paɾˈð̞i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /paɾˈdiʝo/ [paɾˈð̞i.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /paɾˈdiʎo/ [paɾˈð̞i.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /paɾˈdiʃo/ [paɾˈð̞i.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /paɾˈdiʒo/ [paɾˈð̞i.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: par‧di‧llo

Noun

pardillo m (plural pardillos, feminine pardilla, feminine plural pardillas)

1. linnet (Linaria cannabina)
2. (colloquial, derogatory) sucker, gullible person

Derived terms

• hacer el pardillo

Adjective

pardillo (feminine pardilla, masculine plural pardillos, feminine plural pardillas)

1. (colloquial, derogatory) ignorant, naive, gullible

   Synonym: ignorante

Derived terms

• perdiz pardilla

Further reading

• “pardillo”, 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