cajilla

Spanish

Etymology

From caja +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaˈxiʝa/ [kaˈxi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kaˈxiʝa/ [kaˈxi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kaˈxiʎa/ [kaˈxi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaˈxiʃa/ [kaˈxi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaˈxiʒa/ [kaˈxi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

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

• Syllabification: ca‧ji‧lla

Noun

cajilla f (plural cajillas)

1. diminutive of caja

Further reading

• “cajilla”, 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