amontillado
English
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Spanish
Etymology
From a- + Montilla + -ar, named for the town in southern Spain where the wine was originally made. The place name is from a diminutive of montaña.
Pronunciation
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /amontiˈʎado/, [amõn̪t̪iˈʎaðo]
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /amontiˈɟ͡ʝado/, [amõn̪t̪iˈʝaðo]
Further reading
- “amontillado” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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