antigualla

Spanish

Etymology

From antiguo +‎ -alla, after Italian anticaglia.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /antiˈɡwaʝa/ [ãn̪.t̪iˈɣ̞wa.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /antiˈɡwaʝa/ [ãn̪.t̪iˈɣ̞wa.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /antiˈɡwaʎa/ [ãn̪.t̪iˈɣ̞wa.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /antiˈɡwaʃa/ [ãn̪.t̪iˈɣ̞wa.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /antiˈɡwaʒa/ [ãn̪.t̪iˈɣ̞wa.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -aʝa

• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Rhymes: -aʎa
• Rhymes: -aʃa
• Rhymes: -aʒa

• Syllabification: an‧ti‧gua‧lla

Noun

antigualla f (plural antiguallas)

1. (derogatory) old thing, old piece of junk

Further reading

• “antigualla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28