calabacilla

Spanish

Etymology

From calabaza +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kalabaˈθiʝa/ [ka.la.β̞aˈθi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /kalabaˈθiʝa/ [ka.la.β̞aˈθi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /kalabaˈθiʎa/ [ka.la.β̞aˈθi.ʎa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /kalabaˈsiʝa/ [ka.la.β̞aˈsi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /kalabaˈsiʝa/ [ka.la.β̞aˈsi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kalabaˈsiʎa/ [ka.la.β̞aˈsi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kalabaˈsiʃa/ [ka.la.β̞aˈsi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kalabaˈsiʒa/ [ka.la.β̞aˈsi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

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

• Syllabification: ca‧la‧ba‧ci‧lla

Noun

calabacilla f (plural calabacillas)

1. diminutive of calabaza
2. a plant of species Aristolochia paucinervis
3. annual scorpion-vetch, a plant of species Coronilla scorpioides

Further reading

• “calabacilla”, 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