aspillera

Spanish

Etymology

See Catalan espitllera.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aspiˈʝeɾa/ [as.piˈʝe.ɾa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /aspiˈʝeɾa/ [as.piˈʝe.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /aspiˈʎeɾa/ [as.piˈʎe.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aspiˈʃeɾa/ [as.piˈʃe.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aspiˈʒeɾa/ [as.piˈʒe.ɾa]

• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: as‧pi‧lle‧ra

Noun

aspillera f (plural aspilleras)

1. embrasure; arrowslit

Further reading

• “aspillera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28