cervatillo

Spanish

Etymology

From cervato +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeɾbaˈtiʝo/ [θeɾ.β̞aˈt̪i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /θeɾbaˈtiʝo/ [θeɾ.β̞aˈt̪i.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /θeɾbaˈtiʎo/ [θeɾ.β̞aˈt̪i.ʎo]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /seɾbaˈtiʝo/ [seɾ.β̞aˈt̪i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /seɾbaˈtiʝo/ [seɾ.β̞aˈt̪i.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Philippines) /seɾbaˈtiʎo/ [seɾ.β̞aˈt̪i.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /seɾbaˈtiʃo/ [seɾ.β̞aˈt̪i.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /seɾbaˈtiʒo/ [seɾ.β̞aˈt̪i.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

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

• Syllabification: cer‧va‧ti‧llo

Noun

cervatillo m (plural cervatillos)

1. fawn (young deer)

Related terms

• ciervo

 

Further reading

• “cervatillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16