canastillo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish canastiello, from Latin canistellum, diminutive of canistrum. Equivalent to canasto (“basket”) +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kanasˈtiʝo/ [ka.nasˈt̪i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kanasˈtiʝo/ [ka.nasˈt̪i.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kanasˈtiʎo/ [ka.nasˈt̪i.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kanasˈtiʃo/ [ka.nasˈt̪i.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kanasˈtiʒo/ [ka.nasˈt̪i.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo
• Rhymes: -iʎo
• Rhymes: -iʃo
• Rhymes: -iʒo

• Syllabification: ca‧nas‧ti‧llo

Noun

canastillo m (plural canastillos)

1. diminutive of canasto; a small wicker basket

Related terms

• canasto

Descendants

• → English: canistel (from a dialectal variant)

Further reading

• “canastillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10