pitillo

Spanish

Etymology

From pito +‎ -illo (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /piˈtiʝo/ [piˈt̪i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /piˈtiʝo/ [piˈt̪i.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /piˈtiʎo/ [piˈt̪i.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /piˈtiʃo/ [piˈt̪i.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /piˈtiʒo/ [piˈt̪i.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: pi‧ti‧llo

Noun

pitillo m (plural pitillos)

1. (Colombia, Venezuela) drinking straw

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pajita

2. (colloquial, Spain) ciggy, fag, cig (cigarette)
3. (Spain) slim-fit, skinny (pants)
4. (Mexico, vulgar, rare) dick, penis

Derived terms

• pantalón de pitillo
• pitillera

Further reading

• “pitillo”, 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
• “pitillo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
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