portillo

See also: Portillo

Spanish

Etymology

From puerta +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /poɾˈtiʝo/ [poɾˈt̪i.ʝo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /poɾˈtiʎo/ [poɾˈt̪i.ʎo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /poɾˈtiʃo/ [poɾˈt̪i.ʃo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /poɾˈtiʒo/ [poɾˈt̪i.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: por‧ti‧llo

Noun

portillo m (plural portillos)

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- 2015 September 16, “Una triple crisis europea”, in El País‎:
  Decenas de miles de personas se hallan deambulando entre Grecia y los Balcanes a la espera de encontrar el portillo hacia un país que les acepte como asilados.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

desportillar

Further reading

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

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