figurilla

Spanish

Etymology

From figura +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /fiɡuˈɾiʝa/ [fi.ɣ̞uˈɾi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /fiɡuˈɾiʝa/ [fi.ɣ̞uˈɾi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /fiɡuˈɾiʎa/ [fi.ɣ̞uˈɾi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /fiɡuˈɾiʃa/ [fi.ɣ̞uˈɾi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /fiɡuˈɾiʒa/ [fi.ɣ̞uˈɾi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

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

• Syllabification: fi‧gu‧ri‧lla

Noun

figurilla f (plural figurillas)

1. diminutive of figura
   • 2015 September 18, “Batalla por el futuro de los videojuegos”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Aquí y allá, unas figurillas manga conviven con los monstruos tentaculares que imaginó el maestro del horror literario H. P. Lovecraft.

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Further reading

• “figurilla”, 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