bastoncillo
Spanish, noun/bastonˈθiʝo/
bastoncillo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cotton swab, Q-tip” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of bastón.
What does bastoncillo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecotton swab, Q-tip
- 2
masculinediminutive of bastón
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of bastoncillo
- bastoncillos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bastoncillo?
- /bastonˈθiʝo/
- [bas.t̪õn̟ˈθi.ʝo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bastoncillo in Spanish?
bastoncillo appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).