grillo

== Galician == === Alternative forms === grilho (reintegrationist) === Etymology === Probably from Spanish grillo (“cricket”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -iɟo Hyphenation: gri‧llo === Noun === grillo m (plural grillos) wedge used for splitting stone Synonym: cuña shackle === References === “grillo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “grillo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “grillo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “grillo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin gryllus, from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡril.lo/ Rhymes: -illo Hyphenation: grìl‧lo === Noun === grillo m (plural grilli) cricket (insect) whim, fancy shackle (U-shaped piece of metal secured with a pin or bolt across the opening) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== == Old Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin gryllus, possibly borrowed from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos, “kind of dance performed in Egypt”). === Noun === grillo m (plural grillos) cricket ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Ladino: grío Spanish: grillo === References === Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “grillo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, pages 214–216 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === Syllabification: gri‧llo === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Spanish grillo, from Latin gryllus, possibly borrowed from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos, “kind of dance performed in Egypt”). ==== Noun ==== grillo m (plural grillos) cricket (insect) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Moroccan Arabic: ڭريلو (grīllu, “cockroach”) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== grillo first-person singular present indicative of grillar === Further reading === “grillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025