armadilla

English

Etymology

From Spanish armadilla.

Noun

armadilla (plural armadillas)

1. A small armada.

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aɾmaˈdiʝa/ [aɾ.maˈð̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /aɾmaˈdiʝa/ [aɾ.maˈð̞i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /aɾmaˈdiʎa/ [aɾ.maˈð̞i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aɾmaˈdiʃa/ [aɾ.maˈð̞i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aɾmaˈdiʒa/ [aɾ.maˈð̞i.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

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

• Syllabification: ar‧ma‧di‧lla

Noun

armadilla f (plural armadillas)

1. diminutive of armada

Further reading

• “armadilla”, 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