tejadillo

Spanish

Etymology

From tejado +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /texaˈdiʝo/ [t̪e.xaˈð̞i.ʝo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /texaˈdiʎo/ [t̪e.xaˈð̞i.ʎo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /texaˈdiʃo/ [t̪e.xaˈð̞i.ʃo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /texaˈdiʒo/ [t̪e.xaˈð̞i.ʒo]

(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: te‧ja‧di‧llo

Noun

tejadillo m (plural tejadillos)

Diminutive of tejado
door canopy
(Basque pelota) the tiled covering of the gallery of a trinquete

Descendants

→ Portuguese: tejadilho

Further reading

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

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