pillo

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

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• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpil.loː/, [ˈpɪlːʲoː]
• (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 form) vocative singular masculine form of pillais
2. (dialectal form) accusative singular masculine form of pillais
3. (dialectal form) instrumental singular masculine form of pillais
4. (dialectal form) genitive plural masculine form of pillais
5. (dialectal form) vocative singular feminine form of pillais
6. (dialectal form) accusative singular feminine form of pillais
7. (dialectal form) instrumental singular feminine form of pillais
8. (dialectal form) genitive plural feminine form of pillais

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

• pillería

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 pillar (verb).

pillo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pillar

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