doblilla

Spanish

Etymology

From dobla +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /doˈbliʝa/ [d̪oˈβ̞li.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /doˈbliʝa/ [d̪oˈβ̞li.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /doˈbliʎa/ [d̪oˈβ̞li.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /doˈbliʃa/ [d̪oˈβ̞li.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /doˈbliʒa/ [d̪oˈβ̞li.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

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

• Syllabification: do‧bli‧lla

Noun

doblilla f (plural doblillas)

1. (historical, numismatics) a type of dobla (gold coin)
   • 1896, Ricardo Palma, El caballo de Santiago apóstol:

     Y sacó de la escarcela en doblillas de oro cuatrocientos pesos que puso sobre el altar, añadiendo: —Estamos en paz, patrón, que soy buen pagador.

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Further reading

• “doblilla”, 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