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tontillo.

Clothes. Petticoat or other lower garment with whale hoops or other material that women used to hollow out the skirts.

8 characters3 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/tonˈtiʝo/[t̪õn̪ˈt̪i.ʝo]/tonˈtiʝo/[t̪õn̪ˈt̪i.ʝo]
  1. Clothes. Petticoat or other lower garment with whale hoops or other material that women used to hollow out the skirts.

    masculine
  2. Woven piece of bristle or rubberised cotton, which the tailors put in the folds of the jackets to hollow them out.

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Spanish tonto Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old Spanish -iello Spanish -illo Spanish tontillo From tonto + -illo.

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