morcella

Spanish

Etymology

Unknown, originally Leonese dialectal.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /moɾˈθeʝa/ [moɾˈθe.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /moɾˈθeʝa/ [moɾˈθe.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /moɾˈθeʎa/ [moɾˈθe.ʎa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /moɾˈseʝa/ [moɾˈse.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /moɾˈseʝa/ [moɾˈse.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /moɾˈseʎa/ [moɾˈse.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /moɾˈseʃa/ [moɾˈse.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /moɾˈseʒa/ [moɾˈse.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -eʝa

• Rhymes: -eʝa
• Rhymes: -eʎa
• Rhymes: -eʃa
• Rhymes: -eʒa

• Syllabification: mor‧ce‧lla

Noun

morcella f (plural morcellas)

1. spark (fiery particle)

   Synonyms: centella, chispa

Further reading

• “morcella”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28