espaldilla

Spanish

Etymology

From espalda +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /espalˈdiʝa/ [es.pal̪ˈd̪i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /espalˈdiʝa/ [es.pal̪ˈd̪i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /espalˈdiʎa/ [es.pal̪ˈd̪i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /espalˈdiʃa/ [es.pal̪ˈd̪i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /espalˈdiʒa/ [es.pal̪ˈd̪i.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

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

• Syllabification: es‧pal‧di‧lla

Noun

espaldilla f (plural espaldillas)

1. diminutive of espalda

Further reading

• “espaldilla”, 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