ovillo

== Spanish == === Pronunciation === Syllabification: o‧vi‧llo === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Spanish oviello, loviello, from Late Latin lubellum < globellum, diminutive from Latin globus. The loss of initial /l/ may be due to absorption by a preceding article (el loviello > el oviello). ==== Noun ==== ovillo m (plural ovillos) ball (of wool) ball (of things tied up) pile, bunch ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== ovillo first-person singular present indicative of ovillar === References === Penny, Ralph. 2002. A history of the Spanish language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Page 95. === Further reading === “ovillo”, 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