conventillo

Spanish

Etymology

From convento +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /kombenˈtiʝo/ [kõm.bẽn̪ˈt̪i.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /kombenˈtiʎo/ [kõm.bẽn̪ˈt̪i.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /kombenˈtiʃo/ [kõm.bẽn̪ˈt̪i.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /kombenˈtiʒo/ [kõm.bẽn̪ˈt̪i.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

  • Syllabification: con‧ven‧ti‧llo

Noun

conventillo m (plural conventillos)

  1. a type of collective housing
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 224:
      Una viejecita alarmaba a los moradores del conventillo en que vivía, diciéndoles: alarmaba a los moradores del conventillo en que vivía, diciéndoles: «¡Salgan, salgan, que el gallo ha cantado y el temblor va a venir!»
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