cochinillo

Spanish

Etymology

From cochino +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kot͡ʃiˈniʝo/ [ko.t͡ʃiˈni.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kot͡ʃiˈniʝo/ [ko.t͡ʃiˈni.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kot͡ʃiˈniʎo/ [ko.t͡ʃiˈni.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kot͡ʃiˈniʃo/ [ko.t͡ʃiˈni.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kot͡ʃiˈniʒo/ [ko.t͡ʃiˈni.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: co‧chi‧ni‧llo

Noun

cochinillo m (plural cochinillos)

1. suckling pig

   Synonym: lechón

Further reading

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