ampolleta
Appearance
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ampoˈʝeta/ [ãm.poˈʝe.t̪a]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ampoˈʎeta/ [ãm.poˈʎe.t̪a]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ampoˈʃeta/ [ãm.poˈʃe.t̪a]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ampoˈʒeta/ [ãm.poˈʒe.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -eta
- Syllabification: am‧po‧lle‧ta
Noun
[edit]ampolleta f (plural ampolletas)
- hourglass
- Synonym: reloj de arena
- (Chile) light bulb
- (Mexico, Venezuela) ampoule
- Synonym: ampolla
Descendants
[edit]- → Portuguese: ampulheta
Further reading
[edit]- “ampolleta”, 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