pegollo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Asturian pegollu.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /peˈɡoʝo/ [peˈɣ̞o.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /peˈɡoʝo/ [peˈɣ̞o.ʝo] (Spain, most of Latin America, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /peˈɡoʎo/ [peˈɣ̞o.ʎo] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /peˈɡoʃo/ [peˈɣ̞o.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /peˈɡoʒo/ [peˈɣ̞o.ʒo] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /peˈɡojo/ [peˈɣ̞o.jo] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

 

• Rhymes: -oʝo

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

• Syllabification: pe‧go‧llo

Noun

pegollo m (plural pegollos)

1. (Asturias, Galicia) a pillar of a hórreo

Further reading

• “pegollo”, 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