membrillo
See also: Membrillo
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish membrillo, menbriello (c. 1250), from Latin melimēlum (“sweet apple”), via an intermediary Vulgar Latin *melimellum (according to Joan Coromines), from Ancient Greek μελίμηλον (melímēlon), from μέλι (méli, “honey”) + μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”). Compare Portuguese marmelo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /memˈbɾiʝo/ [mẽmˈbɾi.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
- IPA(key): /memˈbɾiʎo/ [mẽmˈbɾi.ʎo] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /memˈbɾiʃo/ [mẽmˈbɾi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /memˈbɾiʒo/ [mẽmˈbɾi.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: mem‧bri‧llo
Noun
membrillo m (plural membrillos)
- quince (fruit)
- quince (tree)
- Synonym: membrillero
Derived terms
Further reading
- “membrillo”, 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