tobillo

Inherited from Old Spanish touiello, from Vulgar Latin *tūbellum, a diminutive of Latin tūber (“hump, bump, swelling, protuberance”).

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• Syllabification: to‧bi‧llo

tobillo m (plural tobillos)

1. ankle
   • 1980, “Chicas De Colegio”, performed by Mamá:

     Desde mi ventana / yo las veo pasear / sus pequeños cuerpos / sus tobillos de cristal

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• “tobillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28