tobillo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish touiello, from Vulgar Latin *tūbellum, a diminutive of Latin tūber (“hump, bump, swelling, protuberance”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /toˈbiʝo/ [t̪oˈβ̞i.ʝo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /toˈbiʎo/ [t̪oˈβ̞i.ʎo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /toˈbiʃo/ [t̪oˈβ̞i.ʃo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /toˈbiʒo/ [t̪oˈβ̞i.ʒo]

Audio (Colombia): (file)

(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: to‧bi‧llo

Noun

tobillo m (plural tobillos)

ankle
- 1980, “Chicas De Colegio”, performed by Mamá:
  Desde mi ventana / yo las veo pasear / sus pequeños cuerpos / sus tobillos de cristal
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

hasta el tobillo
tobillera
tobillero

Further reading

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

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