monaguillo

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish *monago (“monk”, preliterary; cf. Old Leonese monago) +‎ -illo (diminutive ending).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /monaˈɡiʝo/ [mo.naˈɣ̞i.ʝo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /monaˈɡiʎo/ [mo.naˈɣ̞i.ʎo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /monaˈɡiʃo/ [mo.naˈɣ̞i.ʃo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /monaˈɡiʒo/ [mo.naˈɣ̞i.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: mo‧na‧gui‧llo

Noun

monaguillo m (plural monaguillos)

Alternative form of monacillo (“altar boy, acolyte”)
Synonyms: acólito, monago
- 1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter VII, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 101:
  —Hay que ser un poco monaguillo, Carlitos. Me he camelado a mi primo para que se ponga en mi lugar hoy.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “monje”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 128

Further reading

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

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