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saltillos

saltillos is the plural of saltillo.

Meaning of saltillo

Noun

saltillo (plural saltillos)

  1. In Mexican languages, especially Nahuatl, a glottal stop or fricative sound.
  2. In mostly Hispanophone countries, especially Mexico, an apostrophe-like letter (lowercase ꞌ and in some orthographies capital Ꞌ) used to represent a glottal stop.

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Questions about saltillos

What is saltillos the plural of?
Saltillos is the plural of saltillo.

Words near saltillos in the dictionary

  1. salties
  2. saltiest
  3. saltigrade
  4. saltigrades
  5. saltillo
  6. saltillos
  7. saltily
  8. saltimbanco
  9. saltimbancos
  10. saltimbank
  11. saltimbanks

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