palillo

Galician

Palillos

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish palillo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paˈliʎʊ]

Noun

palillo m (plural palillos)

1. bobbin

   Synonym: bilro

2. toothpick

   Synonym: escarvadentes

3. chopstick (single eating utensil)

Derived terms

• encaixe de palillos
• palillar
• palilleira

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “palillo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “palillo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “palillo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

palillo

1. first-person singular present indicative of palillar

Spanish

Etymology

From palo +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /paˈliʝo/ [paˈli.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /paˈliʝo/ [paˈli.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /paˈliʎo/ [paˈli.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /paˈliʃo/ [paˈli.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /paˈliʒo/ [paˈli.ʒo]

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• Rhymes: -iʝo

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

• Syllabification: pa‧li‧llo

Noun

palillo m (plural palillos)

1. toothpick

   Synonyms: mondadientes, escarbadientes

2. chopstick (single eating utensil)

   Synonyms: palito chino, palillo chino

3. (music) drumstick

   Synonyms: baqueta, palote

4. diminutive of palo: small stick
5. very thin person
6. (Uruguay, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Andalusia) clothes peg, clothespin

   Synonyms: pinza, gancho, palito, prensa, broche, agarrador, perro, perrito, perilllo, horquilla, prensaropa, alfiler, traba

7. (Bolivia, Peru, Chile) knitting needle

Derived terms

• palillo de cóctel
• palillo de dientes

 

Further reading

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