serrallo

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /seˈraʝo/ [seˈra.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /seˈraʝo/ [seˈra.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /seˈraʎo/ [seˈra.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /seˈraʃo/ [seˈra.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /seˈraʒo/ [seˈra.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -aʝo

• Rhymes: -aʝo
• Rhymes: -aʎo
• Rhymes: -aʃo
• Rhymes: -aʒo

• Syllabification: se‧rra‧llo

Noun

serrallo m (plural serrallos)

1. seraglio
2. harem

   Synonym: harén

Further reading

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