cinturilla

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cinturilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [sin.tuˈɾi.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [sin.tuˈɾi.ʎa]
• Hyphenation: cin‧tu‧ri‧lla

Noun

cinturilla f (plural cinturilles)

1. waistband

   Synonym: cintura

Further reading

• “cinturilla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Etymology

From cintura +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θintuˈɾiʝa/ [θĩn̪.t̪uˈɾi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /θintuˈɾiʝa/ [θĩn̪.t̪uˈɾi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /θintuˈɾiʎa/ [θĩn̪.t̪uˈɾi.ʎa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /sintuˈɾiʝa/ [sĩn̪.t̪uˈɾi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /sintuˈɾiʝa/ [sĩn̪.t̪uˈɾi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Philippines) /sintuˈɾiʎa/ [sĩn̪.t̪uˈɾi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /sintuˈɾiʃa/ [sĩn̪.t̪uˈɾi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /sintuˈɾiʒa/ [sĩn̪.t̪uˈɾi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

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

• Syllabification: cin‧tu‧ri‧lla

Noun

cinturilla f (plural cinturillas)

1. waistband

   Synonym: pretina

   • 2015 July 30, “‘¿Feliciqué?’”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Llevaré vestidos blancos, collares de conchas y pantalones anchos antes de volver a meterme en la cinturilla de los hábitos de mujer trabajadora.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

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