hendija

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *findicula, from Latin findō (“to cleave, to split, to divide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enˈdixa/ [ẽn̪ˈd̪i.xa]
• Rhymes: -ixa
• Syllabification: hen‧di‧ja

Noun

hendija f (plural hendijas)

1. small groove, slit or other indentation

   Synonyms: hendidura, raja

Derived terms

• rendija

 

Related terms

• hender
• hendir

 

Further reading

• “hendija”, 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