almohadilla

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /almoaˈdiʝa/ [al.mo.aˈð̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /almoaˈdiʝa/ [al.mo.aˈð̞i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /almoaˈdiʎa/ [al.mo.aˈð̞i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /almoaˈdiʃa/ [al.mo.aˈð̞i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /almoaˈdiʒa/ [al.mo.aˈð̞i.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: al‧mo‧ha‧di‧lla

Etymology 1

From almohada (“pillow”) +‎ -illa (diminutive suffix).

Noun

almohadilla f (plural almohadillas)

1. pincushion

   Synonym: acerico

2. inkpad
3. the hash, octothorpe, pound symbol (the character #)
4. seat cushion (to sit on)
5. (colloquial) toe bean (digital pad of a cat or dog's paw)

Derived terms

• almohadillar

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: almohadilya

Etymology 2

Verb

almohadilla

1. inflection of almohadillar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “almohadilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10