pillo

pillo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pillar

From Latin pīlum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpil.lo/
• Rhymes: -illo
• Hyphenation: pìl‧lo

pillo m (plural pilli)

1. tamper (tool)

• pillo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• polli

• piliō, pillōnium, pīlō

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpil.loː/, [ˈpɪlːʲoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpil.lo/, [ˈpilːo]

pillō f (genitive pillōnis); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) chaff

Third-declension noun.

• (chaff): palea (Classical)

• pillo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “pillo”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 797/2

pillo

1. (dialectal) vocative singular masculine of pillais
2. (dialectal) accusative singular masculine of pillais
3. (dialectal) instrumental singular masculine of pillais
4. (dialectal) genitive plural masculine of pillais
5. (dialectal) vocative singular feminine of pillais
6. (dialectal) accusative singular feminine of pillais
7. (dialectal) instrumental singular feminine of pillais
8. (dialectal) genitive plural feminine of pillais

• Syllabification: pi‧llo

From Latin pīlum.

pillo (feminine pilla, masculine plural pillos, feminine plural pillas)

1. clever

   Synonyms: astuto, listo

2. cheeky, impudent

   Synonyms: fresco, sinvergüenza

3. mean, nasty

   Synonym: bajo

pillo m (plural pillos, feminine pilla, feminine plural pillas)

1. cheeky or naughty person, crook or thief; scoundrel
   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     las prácticas religiosas no son otra cosa que una especie de instrumento correccional contra los pillos.

     religious practices are nothing more than a kind of correctional instrument against crooks.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pillo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pillar

• “pillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28