perrillo

Spanish

Etymology

From perro +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /peˈriʝo/ [peˈri.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /peˈriʝo/ [peˈri.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /peˈriʎo/ [peˈri.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /peˈriʃo/ [peˈri.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /peˈriʒo/ [peˈri.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‧rri‧llo

Noun

perrillo m (plural perrillos)

1. diminutive of perro
   • 2015 November 2, “Madonna, Madoncita, Madonzota”, in El País‎:

     Pero al irme al otro sillón lloriqueé instintivamente imitando a un perrillo y noté que le hacía gracia mi llanto.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “perrillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025