pitillo

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Celtic *bekkos

Gaulish *bekkosbor.?

Latin beccus

Old Spanish bico

Spanish pico

Spanish pito

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin -ellus

Old Spanish -iello

Spanish -illo

Spanish pitillo

From pito + -illo (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /piˈtiʝo/ [piˈt̪i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /piˈtiʝo/ [piˈt̪i.ʝo] (Spain, most of Latin America, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /piˈtiʎo/ [piˈt̪i.ʎo] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /piˈtiʃo/ [piˈt̪i.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /piˈtiʒo/ [piˈt̪i.ʒo] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /piˈtio/ [piˈt̪i.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: pi‧ti‧llo

Noun

pitillo m (plural pitillos)

1. (Colombia, Venezuela) drinking straw

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pajita

2. (colloquial, Spain) ciggy, fag, cig (cigarette)

   Synonym: cigarrillo

3. (Spain) slim-fit, skinny (pants)
4. (Mexico, vulgar, rare) dick, penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene

Derived terms

• pantalón de pitillo
• pitillera

Further reading

• “pitillo”, 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
• “pitillo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010