arcilla

See also: Arcilla and arcillá

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aɾˈθiʝa/ [aɾˈθi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /aɾˈθiʝa/ [aɾˈθi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /aɾˈθiʎa/ [aɾˈθi.ʎa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /aɾˈsiʝa/ [aɾˈsi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /aɾˈsiʝa/ [aɾˈsi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /aɾˈsiʎa/ [aɾˈsi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aɾˈsiʃa/ [aɾˈsi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aɾˈsiʒa/ [aɾˈsi.ʒa]

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• Rhymes: -iʝa

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

• Syllabification: ar‧ci‧lla

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin argilla.

Noun

arcilla f (plural arcillas)

1. clay

   Synonym: barro

Derived terms

• arcillar

 

Related terms

• arcilloso

 

Etymology 2

Verb

arcilla

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

Further reading

• “arcilla”, 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