palillo

Borrowed from Spanish palillo.

• IPA^(key): [paˈliʎʊ]

palillo m (plural palillos)

1. bobbin

   Synonym: bilro

2. toothpick

   Synonym: escarvadentes

3. chopstick (single eating utensil)

• encaixe de palillos
• palillar
• palilleira

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “palillo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “palillo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “palillo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

palillo

1. first-person singular present indicative of palillar

From palo +‎ -illo.

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• Syllabification: pa‧li‧llo

palillo m (plural palillos)

1. toothpick

   Synonyms: mondadientes, escarbadientes

2. chopstick (single eating utensil)

   Synonyms: palito chino, palillo chino

3. (music) drumstick

   Synonyms: baqueta, palote

4. diminutive of palo: small stick
5. very thin person
6. (Uruguay, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Andalusia) clothes peg, clothespin

   Synonyms: pinza, gancho, palito, prensa, broche, agarrador, perro, perrito, perilllo, horquilla, prensaropa, alfiler, traba

7. (Bolivia, Peru, Chile) knitting needle

• “palillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “palillo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010