nuececilla

Spanish

Etymology

From nuez +‎ -cilla.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /nweθeˈθiʝa/ [nwe.θeˈθi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /nweθeˈθiʝa/ [nwe.θeˈθi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /nweθeˈθiʎa/ [nwe.θeˈθi.ʎa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /nweseˈsiʝa/ [nwe.seˈsi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /nweseˈsiʝa/ [nwe.seˈsi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Philippines) /nweseˈsiʎa/ [nwe.seˈsi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /nweseˈsiʃa/ [nwe.seˈsi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /nweseˈsiʒa/ [nwe.seˈsi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

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

• Syllabification: nue‧ce‧ci‧lla

Noun

nuececilla f (plural nuececillas)

1. nutlet

Further reading

• “nuececilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28