sencillo

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish senziello, from Vulgar Latin *singellus, from Latin singulus. Compare Portuguese singelo, Catalan senzill, Asturian cenciellu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain) /senˈθiʝo/ [sẽn̟ˈθi.ʝo]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /senˈθiʎo/ [sẽn̟ˈθi.ʎo]
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /senˈsiʝo/ [sẽnˈsi.ʝo]
  • IPA(key): (Andes Mountains, Philippines) /senˈsiʎo/ [sẽnˈsi.ʎo]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /senˈsiʃo/ [sẽnˈsi.ʃo]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /senˈsiʒo/ [sẽnˈsi.ʒo]

 

  • Syllabification: sen‧ci‧llo

Adjective

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sencillo (feminine sencilla, masculine plural sencillos, feminine plural sencillas, superlative sencillísimo)

  1. plain
    Synonym: llano
  2. simple, straightforward
    Synonym: franco
    Antonym: complicado

Usage notes

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  • A way to think of the difference between sencillo and simple, which both mean "simple" in English, is that the antonym of sencillo is complicado (“complicated”), whereas the antonym of simple is complejo (“complex”).

Descendants

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  • → Catalan: senzill

Noun

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sencillo m (plural sencillos)

  1. (music) single
  2. (baseball) single
  3. (Latin America, southern Philippines) small change
    Synonym: calderilla

Descendants

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Further reading

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