pardillo

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin pardusder.

Spanish pardo

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin -ellus

Old Spanish -iello

Spanish -illo

Spanish pardillo

From pardo + -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /paɾˈdiʝo/ [paɾˈð̞i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /paɾˈdiʝo/ [paɾˈð̞i.ʝo] (Spain, most of Latin America, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /paɾˈdiʎo/ [paɾˈð̞i.ʎo] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /paɾˈdiʃo/ [paɾˈð̞i.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /paɾˈdiʒo/ [paɾˈð̞i.ʒo] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /paɾˈdio/ [paɾˈð̞i.o] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo (Spain, most of Latin America, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -iʎo (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒo (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• Rhymes: -io (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: par‧di‧llo

Noun

pardillo m (plural pardillos, feminine pardilla, feminine plural pardillas)

1. linnet (Linaria cannabina)
2. (colloquial, derogatory) sucker, gullible person

Derived terms

• hacer el pardillo

Adjective

pardillo (feminine pardilla, masculine plural pardillos, feminine plural pardillas)

1. (colloquial, derogatory) ignorant, naive, gullible

   Synonym: ignorante

Derived terms

• perdiz pardilla

Further reading

• “pardillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026