ama de llaves

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˌama de ˈʝabes/ [ˌa.ma ð̞e ˈʝa.β̞es]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˌama de ˈʝabes/ [ˌa.ma ð̞e ˈʝa.β̞es]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ˌama de ˈʎabes/ [ˌa.ma ð̞e ˈʎa.β̞es]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˌama de ˈʃabes/ [ˌa.ma ð̞e ˈʃa.β̞es]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˌama de ˈʒabes/ [ˌa.ma ð̞e ˈʒa.β̞es]

• Syllabification: a‧ma de lla‧ves

Noun

ama de llaves f (plural amas de llaves)

1. housekeeper; maid

Further reading

• “ama de llaves”, 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