novillo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish novillo.

Noun

novillo (plural novillos)

1. (bullfighting) A young bull (fought by a novillero).

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin novellus. Doublet of novel.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /noˈbiʝo/ [noˈβ̞i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /noˈbiʝo/ [noˈβ̞i.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /noˈbiʎo/ [noˈβ̞i.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /noˈbiʃo/ [noˈβ̞i.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /noˈbiʒo/ [noˈβ̞i.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo
• Rhymes: -iʎo
• Rhymes: -iʃo
• Rhymes: -iʒo

• Syllabification: no‧vi‧llo

Noun

novillo m (plural novillos)

1. young ox, young bull
2. castrated bull
3. cuckold

   Synonym: cornudo

Derived terms

• hacer novillos
• novillero

 

Related terms

• nuevo

 

Descendants

• → Portuguese: novilho

Further reading

• “novillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28