"saltillo" meaning in Spanish

See saltillo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /salˈtiʝo/, [sal̪ˈt̪i.ʝo], /salˈtiʝo/, [sal̪ˈt̪i.ʝo], /salˈtiʎo/, [sal̪ˈt̪i.ʎo], /salˈtiʃo/, [sal̪ˈt̪i.ʃo], /salˈtiʒo/, [sal̪ˈt̪i.ʒo], /salˈtio/, [sal̪ˈt̪i.o] Forms: saltillos [plural]
Rhymes: -iʝo, -iʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain), -iʎo (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines), -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs), -iʒo (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay), -io (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama)) Etymology: From salto (“jump”) + -illo (diminutive), from Latin saltus, from saliō (“to jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *sal-yo-. Etymology templates: {{af|es|salto|-illo|pos2=diminutive|t1=jump}} salto (“jump”) + -illo (diminutive), {{der|es|la|saltus}} Latin saltus, {{der|es|ine-pro|*sal-yo-}} Proto-Indo-European *sal-yo- Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} saltillo m (plural saltillos)
  1. saltillo Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-saltillo-es-noun-7R8MtmOm
  2. (uncommon) a (relatively small) waterfall Tags: masculine, uncommon Coordinate_terms: salto
    Sense id: en-saltillo-es-noun--cQ4NYS9 Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish terms suffixed with -illo Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of Spanish terms suffixed with -illo: 26 74

Inflected forms

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      "salto",
      "salto#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "-illo",
      "-illo#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "saltus",
      "saltus#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "saliō",
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    ],
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      "*sal-yo-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sal-yo-"
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      "expansion": "Latin saltus",
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  "etymology_text": "From salto (“jump”) + -illo (diminutive), from Latin saltus, from saliō (“to jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *sal-yo-.",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "sal‧ti‧llo"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "sal‧ti‧llo"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              121,
              129
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1987, Humberto Buentello Chapa, Toponimias de Nuevo León, page 31:",
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        },
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          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "2006, Contenido, issues 513-518, page 99",
          "text": "[…] cascada (un \"saltillo\" de agua) que había en el sitio original del asentamiento.",
          "translation": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "(uncommon) a (relatively small) waterfall"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/salˈtiʝo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sal̪ˈt̪i.ʝo]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/salˈtiʝo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sal̪ˈt̪i.ʝo]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/salˈtiʎo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sal̪ˈt̪i.ʎo]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/salˈtiʃo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sal̪ˈt̪i.ʃo]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/salˈtiʒo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sal̪ˈt̪i.ʒo]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/salˈtio/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sal̪ˈt̪i.o]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iʝo"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iʎo (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iʒo (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-io (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))"
    }
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  "word": "saltillo"
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      "saltus",
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      "saliō",
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        "plural"
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    "sal‧ti‧llo"
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    {
      "parts": [
        "sal‧ti‧llo"
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "saltillo"
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          "saltillo#English"
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              121,
              129
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          ],
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          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
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          "text": "[…] cascada (un \"saltillo\" de agua) que había en el sitio original del asentamiento.",
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          "type": "quotation"
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      ],
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        "(uncommon) a (relatively small) waterfall"
      ],
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/salˈtiʝo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sal̪ˈt̪i.ʝo]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/salˈtiʝo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sal̪ˈt̪i.ʝo]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/salˈtiʎo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sal̪ˈt̪i.ʎo]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/salˈtiʃo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sal̪ˈt̪i.ʃo]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/salˈtiʒo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sal̪ˈt̪i.ʒo]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/salˈtio/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sal̪ˈt̪i.o]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iʝo"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iʎo (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iʒo (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-io (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))"
    }
  ],
  "word": "saltillo"
}

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