pecadillo

Spanish

Etymology

From pecado (“sin”) +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pekaˈdiʝo/ [pe.kaˈð̞i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /pekaˈdiʝo/ [pe.kaˈð̞i.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /pekaˈdiʎo/ [pe.kaˈð̞i.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /pekaˈdiʃo/ [pe.kaˈð̞i.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /pekaˈdiʒo/ [pe.kaˈð̞i.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: pe‧ca‧di‧llo

Noun

pecadillo m (plural pecadillos)

1. diminutive of pecado; a peccadillo, minor sin

Descendants

• → English: peccadillo
• → French: peccadille