blanquillo
English
Etymology
From Spanish blanquillo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blɑŋˈki(l)ˌjoʊ/
Noun
blanquillo (plural blanquillos)
- The tilefish (Malacanthidae spp.).
Derived terms
- banded blanquillo (Malacanthus latovittatus)
- blue blanquillo (Malacanthus latovittatus)
- flagtail blanquillo ((Malacanthus brevirostris)
- striped blanquillo (Malacanthus latovittatus)
Further reading
- “blanquillo”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “blanquillo”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Spanish
Etymology
From blanco (“white”) + -illo (“diminutive suffix”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blanˈkiʝo/ [blãŋˈki.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
- IPA(key): /blanˈkiʎo/ [blãŋˈki.ʎo] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /blanˈkiʃo/ [blãŋˈki.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /blanˈkiʒo/ [blãŋˈki.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -iʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
- Rhymes: -iʎo (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -iʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: blan‧qui‧llo
Adjective
blanquillo (feminine blanquilla, masculine plural blanquillos, feminine plural blanquillas)
Noun
blanquillo m (plural blanquillos)
- tilefish (Malacanthidae spp.)
- egg (as food)
Further reading
- “blanquillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025