Jump to content

hilera

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Spanish

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From hilo (thread) +‎ -era. Cognate with Portuguese fileira, Portuguese fieira, Galician fieira.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /iˈleɾa/ [iˈle.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -eɾa
  • Syllabification: hi‧le‧ra

Noun

[edit]

hilera f (plural hileras)

  1. row, windrow
    coches estacionados en hilera
    cars parked in a row
    1. (knitting) a row of stitches knit flat (not in the round)

Further reading

[edit]

Tagalog

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish hilera, but with the silent ⟨h⟩ pronounced as /h/.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /hiˈleɾa/ [hɪˈlɛː.ɾɐ], (colloquial) /heˈleɾa/ [hɛˈlɛː.ɾɐ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾa
  • Syllabification: hi‧le‧ra

Noun

[edit]

hilera (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜎᜒᜇ)

  1. row; line; file
    Synonyms: hanay, pila, linya, halayhay

Derived terms

[edit]
[edit]

Further reading

[edit]
  • hilera”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 322