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babilla

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French

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Verb

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babilla

  1. third-person singular past historic of babiller

Spanish

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Etymology

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Diminutive of baba by association with synovial fluid.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /baˈbiʝa/ [baˈβ̞i.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /baˈbiʎa/ [baˈβ̞i.ʎa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /baˈbiʃa/ [baˈβ̞i.ʃa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /baˈbiʒa/ [baˈβ̞i.ʒa]

 

  • Syllabification: ba‧bi‧lla

Noun

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babilla f (plural babillas)

  1. the stifle, or hind knee, of a quadruped
  2. (Colombia) spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus)

Further reading

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