moradilla

Spanish

Etymology

From morado (“purple”) +‎ -illa (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /moɾaˈdiʝa/ [mo.ɾaˈð̞i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /moɾaˈdiʝa/ [mo.ɾaˈð̞i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /moɾaˈdiʎa/ [mo.ɾaˈð̞i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /moɾaˈdiʃa/ [mo.ɾaˈð̞i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /moɾaˈdiʒa/ [mo.ɾaˈð̞i.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

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

• Syllabification: mo‧ra‧di‧lla

Noun

moradilla f (plural moradillas)

1. (New Mexico) verbena

   Synonym: verbena

References

• Rubén Cobos (2003) A Dictionary of New Mexico & Southern Colorado Spanish‎^[1], Museum of New Mexico Press, →ISBN