modistilla

Spanish

Etymology

From modista +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /modisˈtiʝa/ [mo.ð̞isˈt̪i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /modisˈtiʝa/ [mo.ð̞isˈt̪i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /modisˈtiʎa/ [mo.ð̞isˈt̪i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /modisˈtiʃa/ [mo.ð̞isˈt̪i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /modisˈtiʒa/ [mo.ð̞isˈt̪i.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

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

• Syllabification: mo‧dis‧ti‧lla

Noun

modistilla f (plural modistillas)

1. diminutive of modista

Further reading

• “modistilla”, 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