blanquillo

English

Etymology

From Spanish blanquillo.

Noun

blanquillo (plural blanquillos)

1. tilefish (Malacanthidae spp.)

Derived terms

• banded blanquillo (Malacanthus latovittatus)
• blue blanquillo (Malacanthus latovittatus)
• flagtail blanquillo ((Malacanthus brevirostris)
• striped blanquillo (Malacanthus latovittatus)

Spanish

Etymology

From blanco (“white”) +‎ -illo (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /blanˈkiʝo/ [blãŋˈki.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /blanˈkiʝo/ [blãŋˈki.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /blanˈkiʎo/ [blãŋˈki.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /blanˈkiʃo/ [blãŋˈki.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /blanˈkiʒo/ [blãŋˈki.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝo
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎo
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃo
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒo

• Syllabification: blan‧qui‧llo

Adjective

blanquillo (feminine blanquilla, masculine plural blanquillos, feminine plural blanquillas)

1. whitish

Noun

blanquillo m (plural blanquillos)

1. tilefish (Malacanthidae spp.)

Further reading

• “blanquillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014