ovillo

See also: ovilló

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /oˈbiʝo/ [oˈβ̞i.ʝo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /oˈbiʎo/ [oˈβ̞i.ʎo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /oˈbiʃo/ [oˈβ̞i.ʃo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /oˈbiʒo/ [oˈβ̞i.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: o‧vi‧llo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish oviello, loviello, from Late Latin lubellum < globellum, diminutive from Latin globus.

The loss of initial /l/ may be due to absorption by a preceding article (el loviello > el oviello).

Noun

ovillo m (plural ovillos)

ball (of wool)
ball (of things tied up)
pile, bunch

Derived terms

hacerse un ovillo

Verb

ovillo

first-person singular present indicative of ovillar

References

Penny, Ralph. 2002. A history of the Spanish language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Page 95.

Further reading

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

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