frutilla

Spanish

Etymology

Diminutive of fruta

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /fɾuˈtiʝa/ [fɾuˈt̪i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /fɾuˈtiʝa/ [fɾuˈt̪i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /fɾuˈtiʎa/ [fɾuˈt̪i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /fɾuˈtiʃa/ [fɾuˈt̪i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /fɾuˈtiʒa/ [fɾuˈt̪i.ʒa]

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• Rhymes: -iʝa

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

• Syllabification: fru‧ti‧lla

Noun

frutilla f (plural frutillas)

1. (Andes, Cono Sur) strawberry

   Synonym: fresa

2. (Costa Rica, Honduras) trichina
   1. (Costa Rica) trichinosis

Further reading

• “frutilla”, 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