hoyuelo

Spanish

Etymology

From hoyo (“hole”) +‎ -uelo, literally “little hole”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /oˈʝwelo/ [oˈʝwe.lo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /oˈʃwelo/ [oˈʃwe.lo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /oˈʒwelo/ [oˈʒwe.lo]

Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -elo
Syllabification: ho‧yue‧lo

Noun

hoyuelo m (plural hoyuelos)

dimple

Further reading

hoyuelo on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es
“hoyuelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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