sencillo
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish senziello, from Vulgar Latin *singellus, from Latin singulus. Compare Portuguese singelo, Catalan senzill, Asturian cenciellu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain) /senˈθiʝo/ [sẽn̟ˈθi.ʝo]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /senˈθiʎo/ [sẽn̟ˈθi.ʎo]
- IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /senˈsiʝo/ [sẽnˈsi.ʝo]
- IPA(key): (Andes Mountains) /senˈsiʎo/ [sẽnˈsi.ʎo]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /senˈsiʃo/ [sẽnˈsi.ʃo]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /senˈsiʒo/ [sẽnˈsi.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: sen‧ci‧llo
Adjective
sencillo (feminine sencilla, masculine plural sencillos, feminine plural sencillas, superlative sencillísimo)
- plain
- simple, straightforward
- Antonym: complicado
Usage notes
Descendants
- → Catalan: senzill
Noun
sencillo m (plural sencillos)
- (music) single
- (baseball) single
- (Latin America, southern Philippines) small change
- Synonym: calderilla
Further reading
- “sencillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- sencillo on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
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