villazgo

Spanish

Etymology

From villa +‎ -azgo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /biˈʝaθɡo/ [biˈʝaθ̬.ɣ̞o] (most of Spain)
IPA^(key): /biˈʎaθɡo/ [biˈʎaθ̬.ɣ̞o] (rural northern Spain)

IPA^(key): /biˈʝasɡo/ [biˈʝaz.ɣ̞o] (most of Latin America)
IPA^(key): /biˈʎasɡo/ [biˈʎaz.ɣ̞o] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

IPA^(key): /biˈʃasɡo/ [biˈʃaz.ɣ̞o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /biˈʒasɡo/ [biˈʒaz.ɣ̞o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -aθɡo (Spain)
Rhymes: -asɡo (Latin America, Philippines)
Syllabification: vi‧llaz‧go

Noun

villazgo m (plural villazgos)

city or town status

Further reading

“villazgo”, 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