cacillo

cacillo

Spanish

Etymology

From cazo +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaˈθiʝo/ [kaˈθi.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain)
IPA^(key): /kaˈθiʎo/ [kaˈθi.ʎo] (rustic northern Spain)

IPA^(key): /kaˈsiʝo/ [kaˈsi.ʝo] (most of Latin America)
IPA^(key): /kaˈsiʎo/ [kaˈsi.ʎo] (Andes Mountains Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

IPA^(key): /kaˈsiʃo/ [kaˈsi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /kaˈsiʒo/ [kaˈsi.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: ca‧ci‧llo

Noun

cacillo m (plural cacillos)

diminutive of cazo; small pan

Further reading

“cacillo”, 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