cerillo

cerillo

See also: Cerillo

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θeˈɾiʝo/ [θeˈɾi.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain)
IPA^(key): /θeˈɾiʎo/ [θeˈɾi.ʎo] (rustic northern Spain)

IPA^(key): /seˈɾiʝo/ [seˈɾi.ʝo] (most of Latin America)
IPA^(key): /seˈɾiʎo/ [seˈɾi.ʎo] (Andes Mountains Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

IPA^(key): /seˈɾiʃo/ [seˈɾi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /seˈɾiʒo/ [seˈɾi.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: ce‧ri‧llo

Noun

cerillo m (plural cerillos)

(Mexico) match (stick)
Synonyms: cerilla, fósforo, (regional, Spain) misto, (regional, Spain) mixto

Related terms

cera

Further reading

“cerillo”, 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