ladrillo
/laˈdɾiʝo/ · B1 · noun · m
brick
🧱 From Latin later, brick, the same root as laterite, the red brick-clay soil
Latin later meant brick, and its diminutive laterculus, little brick, became ladrillo in Spanish. English laterite, a red tropical soil once cut into building blocks, comes from the same root. Sound hook: LAD-drill-o, a lad drilling into a brick.