Noun: presillo
Gender: m
Hyphenation: pre‧si‧llo
| Singular m | presillo |
| Plural m | presillos |
Sample Sentences
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Joaquina. ¿Razones? Mil testigos hay que sepan la palabra; sobre la honra de mi hija, aunque se venda la cama, irás á un presillo, ó te has de casar con ella. (Joaquina. Reasons? There are a thousand witnesses who know the word; about my daughter's honor, even if the bed is sold, you'll go to prison, or you will marry her.) [1767, Ramón de la Cruz, Las bellas vecinas, Spain:]
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— ¿Por qué fue, tío Ramas, por lo que estuvo usté en presillo? (— Why was it, uncle Ramas, that you went to prison?) [1914, Felipe Trigo, Jarrapellejos, Spain: Renacimiento:]
Nouns inflected like presillo
whopper,
egocentrismo,
cervantismo,
nipofilo,
botellazo,
radionúclido,
palenque,
esferoide,
hierodiácono,
miligramo,
entrenamiento,
saxófono,
oligopéptido,
espongocele,
contratiempo,
entrechocamiento,
decímetro,
carrotanque,
mililitro,
mesangio, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Latin praesidium, after following the sporadic [dj] > [ʎ] palatalization (as in omezillo). Doublet of presidio, which was borrowed. See: Latin Nouns '
praesidium', Latin Nouns '
praesidium'.
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