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): [ˈpɪl.loː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpil.lo]

pillō f (genitive pillōnis); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) chaff

Third-declension noun.

• (chaff): palea (Classical)

• "pillo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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) definite vocative masculine singular of pills
2. (dialectal) definite accusative masculine singular of pills
3. (dialectal) definite instrumental masculine singular of pills
4. (dialectal) definite genitive masculine plural of pills
5. (dialectal) definite vocative feminine singular of pills
6. (dialectal) definite accusative feminine singular of pills
7. (dialectal) definite instrumental feminine singular of pills
8. (dialectal) definite genitive feminine plural of pills

• 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.

• → Central Bikol: pilyo
• → Tagalog: pilyo

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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

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