cejilla

Spanish

Etymology

From ceja +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeˈxiʝa/ [θeˈxi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /θeˈxiʝa/ [θeˈxi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /θeˈxiʎa/ [θeˈxi.ʎa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /seˈxiʝa/ [seˈxi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /seˈxiʝa/ [seˈxi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /seˈxiʎa/ [seˈxi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /seˈxiʃa/ [seˈxi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /seˈxiʒa/ [seˈxi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

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

• Syllabification: ce‧ji‧lla

Noun

cejilla f (plural cejillas)

1. (music) capotasto, capo

   Synonym: ceja

2. (music) bridge

Further reading

• “cejilla”, 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