villorrio

Spanish

Etymology

From villa +‎ -orrio.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /biˈʝorjo/ [biˈʝo.rjo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /biˈʝorjo/ [biˈʝo.rjo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /biˈʎorjo/ [biˈʎo.rjo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /biˈʃorjo/ [biˈʃo.rjo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /biˈʒorjo/ [biˈʒo.rjo]

• Rhymes: -orjo
• Syllabification: vi‧llo‧rrio

Noun

villorrio m (plural villorrios)

1. small town; one-horse town; hole

Further reading

• “villorrio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16