monaguillo

Spanish

Etymology

From monacillo, from Vulgar Latin *monachellus, diminutive of Late Latin monachus (“monk”), from late Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “single, solitary”). Influenced by older mónago (“monk”), from the same source.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /monaˈɡiʝo/ [mo.naˈɣ̞i.ʝo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /monaˈɡiʎo/ [mo.naˈɣ̞i.ʎo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /monaˈɡiʃo/ [mo.naˈɣ̞i.ʃo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /monaˈɡiʒo/ [mo.naˈɣ̞i.ʒo]

(most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝo
(rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎo
(Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃo
(elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒo

Syllabification: mo‧na‧gui‧llo

Noun

monaguillo m (plural monaguillos)

altar boy, acolyte
Synonyms: acólito, monago
- 1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter VII, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 101:
  —Hay que ser un poco monaguillo, Carlitos. Me he camelado a mi primo para que se ponga en mi lugar hoy.
  (please add an English translation of this quote)

Further reading

“monaguillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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