potrillo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish potriello, equivalent to potro +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /poˈtɾiʝo/ [poˈt̪ɾi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /poˈtɾiʝo/ [poˈt̪ɾi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /poˈtɾiʎo/ [poˈt̪ɾi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /poˈtɾiʃo/ [poˈt̪ɾi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /poˈtɾiʒo/ [poˈt̪ɾi.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo
• Rhymes: -iʎo
• Rhymes: -iʃo
• Rhymes: -iʒo

• Syllabification: po‧tri‧llo

Noun

potrillo m (plural potrillos)

1. diminutive of potro, male foal

Further reading

• “potrillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28