hombrecillo

Spanish

Etymology

From hombre +‎ -cillo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ombɾeˈθiʝo/ [õm.bɾeˈθi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /ombɾeˈθiʝo/ [õm.bɾeˈθi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /ombɾeˈθiʎo/ [õm.bɾeˈθi.ʎo]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ombɾeˈsiʝo/ [õm.bɾeˈsi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /ombɾeˈsiʝo/ [õm.bɾeˈsi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /ombɾeˈsiʎo/ [õm.bɾeˈsi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ombɾeˈsiʃo/ [õm.bɾeˈsi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ombɾeˈsiʒo/ [õm.bɾeˈsi.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: hom‧bre‧ci‧llo

Noun

hombrecillo m (plural hombrecillos)

1. Diminutive of hombre, a small man
2. hop

   Synonym: lúpulo

Further reading

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