escuadrilla

Spanish

Etymology

From escuadra +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eskwaˈdɾiʝa/ [es.kwaˈð̞ɾi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /eskwaˈdɾiʝa/ [es.kwaˈð̞ɾi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /eskwaˈdɾiʎa/ [es.kwaˈð̞ɾi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /eskwaˈdɾiʃa/ [es.kwaˈð̞ɾi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /eskwaˈdɾiʒa/ [es.kwaˈð̞ɾi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

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

• Syllabification: es‧cua‧dri‧lla

Noun

escuadrilla f (plural escuadrillas)

1. (military) squadron

Descendants

• → French: escadrille (see there for further descendants)
• → Italian: squadriglia

Further reading

• “escuadrilla”, 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