peinilla

Spanish

Etymology

From peine +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /peiˈniʝa/ [pei̯ˈni.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /peiˈniʝa/ [pei̯ˈni.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /peiˈniʎa/ [pei̯ˈni.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /peiˈniʃa/ [pei̯ˈni.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /peiˈniʒa/ [pei̯ˈni.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

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

• Syllabification: pei‧ni‧lla

Noun

peinilla f (plural peinillas)

1. (Latin America) comb
   • 2016 June 6, “Triste despedida en acuartelamiento”, in El Universo‎^[1]:

     En la calle no faltaban las ventas de esferos, libretas, afeitadoras, cepillos para lustrar zapatos, pastas dentales, peinillas, papel higiénico, cortaúñas que les caía muy bien a quienes no tenían.

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2. (Latin America) short machete

Further reading

• “peinilla”, 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