blanquillo

English

Etymology

From Spanish blanquillo.

Noun

blanquillo (plural blanquillos)

1. tilefish (Malacanthidae spp.)

Derived terms

• banded blanquillo (Malacanthus latovittatus)
• blue blanquillo (Malacanthus latovittatus)
• flagtail blanquillo ((Malacanthus brevirostris)
• striped blanquillo (Malacanthus latovittatus)

Spanish

Etymology

From blanco (“white”) +‎ -illo (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /blanˈkiʝo/ [blãŋˈki.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /blanˈkiʝo/ [blãŋˈki.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /blanˈkiʎo/ [blãŋˈki.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /blanˈkiʃo/ [blãŋˈki.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /blanˈkiʒo/ [blãŋˈki.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

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

• Syllabification: blan‧qui‧llo

Adjective

blanquillo (feminine blanquilla, masculine plural blanquillos, feminine plural blanquillas)

1. whitish

Noun

blanquillo m (plural blanquillos)

1. tilefish (Malacanthidae spp.)

Further reading

• “blanquillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28