camotillo

Spanish

Etymology

From camote +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kamoˈtiʝo/ [ka.moˈt̪i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kamoˈtiʝo/ [ka.moˈt̪i.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /kamoˈtiʎo/ [ka.moˈt̪i.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kamoˈtiʃo/ [ka.moˈt̪i.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kamoˈtiʒo/ [ka.moˈt̪i.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

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

• Syllabification: ca‧mo‧ti‧llo

Noun

camotillo m (plural camotillos)

1. (Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) Zamia loddigesii

Further reading

• “camotillo”, 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
• “camotillo” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010