pegollo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Asturian pegollu.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /peˈɡoʝo/ [peˈɣ̞o.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /peˈɡoʝo/ [peˈɣ̞o.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /peˈɡoʎo/ [peˈɣ̞o.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /peˈɡoʃo/ [peˈɣ̞o.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /peˈɡoʒo/ [peˈɣ̞o.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -oʝo

• Rhymes: -oʝo (most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -oʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -oʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: pe‧go‧llo

Noun

pegollo m (plural pegollos)

1. (Asturias, Galicia) a pillar of a hórreo

Further reading

• “pegollo”, 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