chillido

Spanish

Etymology

From chillar +‎ -ido.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /t͡ʃiˈʝido/ [t͡ʃiˈʝi.ð̞o]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /t͡ʃiˈʎido/ [t͡ʃiˈʎi.ð̞o]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /t͡ʃiˈʃido/ [t͡ʃiˈʃi.ð̞o]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /t͡ʃiˈʒido/ [t͡ʃiˈʒi.ð̞o]

Rhymes: -ido
Syllabification: chi‧lli‧do

Noun

chillido m (plural chillidos)

shriek, screech, squawk, hoot

Further reading

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

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