llello
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from Venezuelan/Puerto Rican/Dominican slang yeyo (“weak, fainting”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʝeʝo/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /ˈʎeʎo/ [ˈʎe.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /ˈʃeʃo/ [ˈʃe.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ˈʒeʒo/ [ˈʒe.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -eʝo (most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -eʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -eʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: lle‧llo
Noun
llello m (uncountable)
- (Latin America, slang) coke; cocaine[1]